Summer Mountains: One of a pair of screens Calligrapher: Nukina Kaioku (Japanese, 1778–1863)

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ca. 1855

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper, gold paper mounting

Dimensions

67 11/16 × 147 5/8 in. (172 × 375 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Alex Kerr, B.A. 1974

Accession Number

2016.87.25.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

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), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, folding screens

Inscriptions

Seals: 翰墨林, 摘菘老圃, 君茂\r\nSig: 菘翁(probably)\r\nTitles: 夏山, 題画, 渓叟(?), 釣宮(?), 湖岸(?), 泊舟 (?)\r\n04/24/19 K.N.

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