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Title: Snake gourds and insects (after Jakuchū)
Alternative Title: 絲瓜群蟲図
Creator: Nakabayashi, Chikkei, 1816-1867, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: 1857 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: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Dated and signed "丁巳夏月竹渓業" followed by three seals "成業" , "召号", and "竹渓" at upper left corner.
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 scroll painting; 108 x 50 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2p12k
CL1979.003
79-7-1
Subject: vegetation (natural landscapes)
Plants
Flowers
vines
blossom
Leaves
gourd
Insects
Butterflies
Grasshoppers
Snails
borders (ornament areas)
floral patterns

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