Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) Artist: Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, 1790–1818)

late 18th–early 19th century

Asian Art

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Dimensions

with mounting: 76 15/16 × 23 7/16 in. (195.5 × 59.5 cm)
without mounting: 51 × 14 9/16 in. (129.5 × 37 cm)
with rollers: 25 7/8 in. (65.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967

Accession Number

2009.72.6

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Leighton R. Longhi, and Rosemarie Longhi, New York; gift in 2009 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 152
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Additional information

Object/Work type

hanging scrolls, human figures (visual works)

Subject

poets

Marks

Tatsutatsu (one of his go, pseudonym) (達々)

Signed

Low right: "Tatsutatsu kore [wo] egaku" (達々畫之)

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