Nightingale on Willow Branch

Attributed to Matsumura Keibun Japanese

Matsumura Keibun Japanese

Edo period (1615–1868)

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Title: Nightingale on Willow Branch
Artist: Attributed to Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779–1843)
Artist: Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779–1843)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Culture: Japan
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 40 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (101.9 x 30.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.100.36
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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