Calligraphy: One of a pair of screens Artist, attributed to: Yamaoka Tesshū (Japanese, 1836–1888)

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ca. 1880

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Six-panel folding screen; left proper: ink on paper

Dimensions

68 1/2 × 148 7/16 in. (174 × 377 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.26.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Meiji era (1868–1912)

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Alex Kerr collection, Kyoto, Japan. Purchased from Kyoto auction houses and art dealers since the 1970s.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 19
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, folding screens

Inscriptions

Require further research.

Signed

Shōshii Yamaoka Tetsu Tarō sho; the Main Fourth Rank Yamaoka Tetsutarō wrote 正四位山岡鐵太郎書　
Seals: Yamaoka Kōho; Tesshū 山岡高歩, 鐵舟

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