Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

ca. 1801–6

Not on view

To commemorate their cultivated gatherings, artists and poets participated in collaborative works of improvised poems and paintings known as sekiga. Utamaro's painting at lower right illustrates maple leaves scattered over an icy pond.

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Title: Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy
Artist: Utamaro II (Japanese (died 1831?))
Artist: Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) (Japanese, 1749–1823) , and others
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1801–6
Culture: Japan
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 35 5/8 x 12 in. (90.5 x 30.5 cm)
Overall: 67 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. (172.1 x 39.7 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: 1975.268.132
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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