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Title: Traveling with a friend
Creator: Itō, Tōgai, 1670-1736
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
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 with large seal at lower left corner. Four-line inscription reads "Since traveling alone has little panache, / I bring along my old neighbor to enjoy free time. / With his rich pension my friend has fine wine, / So where mountain flowers blossom, let's drink!" (trans. Stephen Addiss).Signed with large seal at lower left corner. Four-line inscription reads "Since traveling alone has little panache, / I bring along my old neighbor to enjoy free time. / With his rich pension my friend has fine wine, / So where mountain flowers blossom, let's drink!" (trans. Stephen Addiss).
Medium: ink on paper
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "The Japanese Journey: 'Traveling Images' of Edo period Japan" curated by Catherine David, Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, September 3–October 1, 2002.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 伊藤東涯
Acquisition: Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection; on long-term loan to the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art.
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; 17 x 23 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
Early to Middle Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb8t1nb980
ucm_li_AS370
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Travel
Rice wines
mountains

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