Artist:

Ozawa Nankoku (1844 -?)  Search this

Medium:

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 78.6 × 69.5 cm (30 15/16 × 27 3/8 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Japan

Date:

late 19th-early 20th century

Period:

Meiji era

Description:

Pair of hanging scrolls contained in one modern wooden box. Box contained in additional modern cardboard storage box.

This painting of a crane in an autumnal field of ripe rice plants is one of a pair with the spring hanging scroll of an owl and cherry blossoms in moonlight. Painting combines a simplified composition that renders the rice plants as a repeating pattern with a highly realistic rendering of the crane and its plumage.

Signatures:

Signed Nankoku Osawa saku; Sealed Dai Nihon -Nankoku-

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

Topic:

crane  Search this

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this

Japan  Search this

kakemono  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase from the Estate of Robert O. Muller — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund

Accession Number:

F2004.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a6129a48-3f47-4000-9a57-abc6553481da

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F2004.13