Three Lantern Cherries (Ho'ozuki) Artist: Yokoyama Taikan (Japanese, 1868–1958)

2nd quarter of the 20th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hanging scroll, cinnabar and gold on satin; with ivory rollers

Dimensions

without mounting: 9 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (24 × 27 cm)
with mounting: 43 11/16 × 17 11/16 in. (111 × 45 cm)

Credit Line

The Henry Pearson, M.F.A. 1938, Collection, Gift of Dr. Lawrence Dubin, B.S. 1955, M.D. 1958, and Mrs. Regina Dubin

Accession Number

2000.51.2

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Showa era (1926–89)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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 records is ongoing.

Provenance
Henry Charles Pearson (1914–2006) Collection, New York; Dr. Lawrence Dubin (1934–2018) and Regina Dubin Collection, New York; gift in 2000 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Sadako Ohki, "Japanese Art at Yale," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007), 41
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

hanging scrolls

Inscriptions

Wooden box lid front bears the title "Ho'ozuki zu" (Picture of Ground Cherries); lid inside bears "Taikan jidai" (Written by Taikan himself).

Signed

Taikan in ink at top left; one seal undeciphered

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