Wisteria Staff and Hossu Whisk Artist: Ōbaku Kōsen (Chinese, active Japan, 1633–1695)

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ca. 1690

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hanging scroll: ink on paper

Dimensions

with mounting: 70 7/8 × 11 in. (180 × 28 cm)
without mounting: 41 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (106.5 × 25 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.6

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Alex Kerr Collection, Kyoto, Japan purchase from Kyoto auction houses and art dealers since the 1970s; gift in 2016 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

Marks

高泉\r\n釈印性敦\r\n元私句

Inscriptions

曇華道人戯筆藤杖云掛亀毛祖玄明々還識？？\r\n

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