The Twelve Months
Yoshimura Kokei
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Ink and colors on paper and silk
DATES
early 19th century
PERIOD
Edo period
DIMENSIONS
Overall 67 1/2 × 171 3/4 x 3/4 in. (171.5 × 436.2 x 1.9 cm)
Outer two panels are 67 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 3/4 inches (171.5 x 64.1 x 1.9 cm)
Inner four panels are 67 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 3/4 inches (171.5 x 61.6 x 1.9 cm)
MARKINGS
Each panel has the oval seal of the artist (to be read).
INSCRIPTIONS
Each panel has two poem pages with poetic inscriptions of various lengths, and probably signatures. To be read.
ACCESSION NUMBER
2024.3a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi
PROVENANCE
By 1913, acquired by the Otani family, Nishi Honganji Temple, Kyoto, Japan; May 1913, offered by the Otani family at auction, Kyoto; between 1913 and 2005, provenance not yet documented; by 2005, acquired by Shigehiko Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan; 2005, purchased from Shigehiko Yanagi by Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi of New York, NY; 2024, gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi to the Brooklyn Museum.
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