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Asian Art
Calligrapher: Rai San’yō, Japanese, 1781–1832
Red Cliff Odes
ca. 1825
Four-panel folding screen: ink on paper
70 1/16 × 141 3/4 in. (178 × 360 cm)
Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974
2016.87.16.2
Geography:
Japan
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Japanese
Period:
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification:
Calligraphy
Provenance:
Manno Art Museum, Osaka, Japan; purchased by Alex Kerr Collection, Kyoto, Japan; gift in 2016 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
