Certificate for the art of miniature gardening Artist: Unknown

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hand scroll of calligraphic reproduction printed in Ink on paper

Dimensions

6 × 57 1/2 in. (15.24 × 146.05 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Doolittle in memory of Helen Wells Seymour

Accession Number

1954.12.29

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Laura Seymour Doolittle (1873 - 1957) gift in 1954, New Haven, Conn.; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, handscrolls

Signed

At the end there is a printed signature reading "The first generation Katsuno Hakuen, the Iemoto of the founder of the Hosokawa School miniature gardening (Hosokawaryuu bonseki chuukou iemoto dai issei Katsuno Hakuen) followed by a cipher (kaou)

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