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Ema (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion and Peony Tree by Flowing Water

1631
Not on view
This ema is dated to the twenty-fifth day of the third month of 1631. The reverse gives the name of the neighborhood in which the donor lived, Moto-Yasaka.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 水辺に牡丹と唐獅子図絵馬「寛永八 年末三月廿五日」
  • Title: Ema (Votive Painting) of a Chinese Lion and Peony Tree by Flowing Water
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1631
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Ink, color, and gold leaf on wood
  • Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.7 x 24.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.268.139
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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