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Taking Shelter from the Rain

after 1709
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Taking Shelter from the Rain
  • Artist: Hanabusa Itchō (Japanese, 1652–1724)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: after 1709
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 37 1/16 in. × 10 ft. 2 1/8 in. (94.1 × 310.2 cm)
    Overall: 47 5/8 in. × 10 ft. 3 11/16 in. (121 × 314.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.300.83
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Crane Standing Beneath Pine Tree (obverse); Morning Glory and Inscription (reverse), Hanabusa Itchō Japanese, Metal and lacquer, dark silver metal, incised, roiro, gold hiramakie, raden, aogai; Interior: fundame, four boxes, Japan
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