Cormorant on a Basket Artist: Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese, 1864–1942)

ca. 1925

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Ink and color on silk covered shikishi (stiff card board)

Dimensions

without mounting: 10 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (26.6 × 23.8 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

2005.16.1a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Taisho to Showa era (1912–89)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Henry Charles Pearson (1914–2006) Collection, New York; Dr. Lawrence Dubin (1934–2018) and Regina Dubin Collection, New York; gift in 2005 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Takashi Hirota, Takeuchi Seiho: Kindai Nihonga no Genryu (Kyoto: Shibunkaku Shuppan, 2000), 57–69
  • Itsu Takeuchi, Takeuchi Seiho (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1955), Unpaginated
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art

Subject

baskets birds (animals)

Marks

Sealed: "Kachuan" (Misty Hut) (霞中庵)

Inscriptions

Accompanying wooden box lid exterior bears a title in ink and brush, "Ukai" (Cormorant Fishing) and lid interior bears a signature, "Shiro dai" (meaning the title calligraphy was brushed by Shiro), and a seal, "Shiro". Shiro could be his male relative. (Need investigation.) SO 2/12/04

Signed

Signed: "Seiho" ("tree radical and west" and "Phoenix") (栖鳳)

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