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Title: Women of Ōhara
Alternative Title: 大原女
Creator: Murase, Taiitsu, 1803-1881
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Publication Information: japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed "太乙老人併＿" (Taiitsu rōjin) with two seals at left edge above center. One additional seal at upper right corner. Three-line inscription in top half of painting reads "Wearing simple cloth, they call out gently, / Carrying bundles of firewood on their heads instead of their shoulders. / In this place of silver palaces jasper terraces and gold dust, / Their graceful rustic dress is also elegant" (trans. Stephen Addiss).
Medium: ink on paper
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Echoes of the Heart: An Exhibition of Japanese Literati Painting and Poetry" curated by Seunghye Sun, Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, January 2–March 30, 2002.
Acquisition: Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Permanent Collection. Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Doris Wiener.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll; 127 x 33 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
Late Edo
Meiji
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb8h4nb9ck
ucm_li_2002_164
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Women

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