Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo)

Kawakami Ryoka

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Caption

Kawakami Ryoka Japanese, 1887–1921. Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo), ca. 1918. Ink, opaque watercolors and possibly lacquer on wove paper decorated with mica, 8 7/16 x 206 in. (21.4 x 523.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and Helen Babbott Sanders Fund, 1993.4. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.4_detail01_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo)

Date

ca. 1918

Period

Taisho Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolors and possibly lacquer on wove paper decorated with mica

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

8 7/16 x 206 in. (21.4 x 523.2 cm)

Signatures

Shigaraki Kyujo (at end)

Inscriptions

Box inscription: Outside of the cover 1) "Yasei no Tomo" (Wildlife Friends"-title of the scroll) 2) "Ryoka Sensei Hitsu" ("executed by teacher Ryoka") Inside of the cover 1) "Bijutsu Shinron kugatsu-go sessaku gisaku "Reika Sensei" chu mushi wo shasei suru kudari ari sunawachi kono ikkan nari" ("The painting of insects in the play, which I wrote and was published in Bijutsu Shinron, Sept., 1927, is this very scroll.") 2) Signed: Yori, Dated: Shiwasu, the 13rd year of Showa.

Markings

Sealed: Ryoka (at end)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and Helen Babbott Sanders Fund

Accession Number

1993.4

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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