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Title
Irises
Alternative Title
燕子花図
Creator
Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued
1826 summer
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
Medium: Colors on paper
Annotations/Markings: (right panel) Signed "抱一暉真筆" followed by seal "文詮" at lower right corner. No inscriptions. (left panel) Dated and signed "文政丙戌初夏抱一畫" followed by seal "文詮" at lower left corner.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Drawn from Literature: Narrative Traditions in Japanese Art" curated by Cordula Treimer, The Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA, March 29-July 30, 2005; "Unfolding the Edo Spirit: a Special Exhibition of Folding Screens" rotations 1&2 curated by Sandra Sheckter, Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, November 6-December 22, 2001.
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
2 six-fold screen painting; 121 x 246 cm. ea.
Form/Genre
screen paintings
Late Edo
Sotatsu-Korin School
Identifier
ark:/86071/d2mt51
CL1980.005a
80-4-1
Language
Japanese
jpn
Subject
flowers (plants)
Flowers
Irises (plants)
Time Period
Late Edo, Sotatsu-Korin School

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