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Title: Giraffe
Creator: Matsuoka, Kansui, 1830-1887, Japanese
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: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: One seal followed by four-line inscription with two seals at upper right corner . One additional seal at lower left corner.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Depth and Diversification: New Acquisitions from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture Permanent Collection" Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, Sept. 7-Nov. 13, 2004.
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; 126 x 53 cm
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Late Edo to Meiji
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2qh7m
CF2002.076
Language: Chinese
chi
Subject: Giraffe
Animals
calligraphy (visual works)
Japanese
Giraffa camelopardalis (species)
wils animals
Time Period: Late Edo to Meiji

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