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Title: Setting sun on white snow
Creator: Kameda, Bōsai, 1752-1826, Japanese
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: Medium: Ink on patterned silk
Annotations/Markings: Signed "Bōsai sho" at left edge. No seals. Inscription reads "Setting sun on white snow."
Acquisition: Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection, Gift of Ms. Miyo Hase.
Citation/Reference: Reproduced in Stephen Addiss, Kenneth J. DeWoskin, and Mitchell Clark, The Resonance of the Qin in East Asian Art. NY: China Institute Gallery, 1999.
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; 111 x 31 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2px3x
2004.055
AS 042
Subject: Calligraphy
calligraphy - Japanese
Sun Rising and setting
symbolism (artistic concept)
Snow

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