Auspicious Symbols: Crane, Rising Sun and Peach

Maker(s)
Artist: Okamoto Shūki 岡本秋暉 (1807-1862)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, ca. 1850
Medium
Ink and color with gilt on silk; ivory jiku
Dimensions
H x W (image): 125.4 x 54.8 cm (49 3/8 x 21 9/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1998.297
On View Location
Freer Gallery 07: Feathered Ink
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Hanging scroll

Keywords
crane, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, kakemono, peach, sun
Provenance

To 1998
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo and Santa Barbara, CA, to 1998

From 1998
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Klaus F. Naumann in 1998

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Klaus Naumann

Published References
  • Yasamura Toshinobu. Kisa tengai Edo kaiga. Exh. cat. Tokyo. cat. 19, pp. 24, 65.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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