Title:
Painting and Calligraphy to Celebrate Longevity 祝壽書画 (Shukuju shoga), (for Mr. Onodera Shūta 小野寺秀太); accomapnied by Tessai’s letter addressed to Onodera Shūta小野寺秀太dated 5.13.1915, mounted into a handscroll
Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (Japanese, 1836–1924)
Period:
Taishō period (1912–26)
Date:
1914
Culture:
Japan
Medium:
Pair of hanging scrolls: ink and color on silk (painting), ink on paper (calligraphy)
Dimensions:
Image (painting): 52 1/8 × 16 15/16 in. (132.4 × 43 cm)
Overall with mounting: 82 1/4 × 23 7/16 in. (208.9 × 59.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm)
Image (calligraphy): 53 1/4 × 17 5/8 in. (135.3 × 44.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 82 1/4 × 23 3/4 in. (208.9 × 60.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 82 1/4 × 25 7/8 in. (208.9 × 65.7 cm)
Image (letter- right): 7 × 22 in. (17.8 × 55.9 cm)
Image (letter- left): 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 9 1/16 × 52 in. (23 × 132.1 cm)
Overall with knobs: 9 7/8 × 52 in. (25.1 × 132.1 cm)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2023
Accession Number:
2023.583.44a–d
