Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

Utamaro II Japanese
 Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) Japanese

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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.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy, Utamaro II (Japanese (died 1831?)), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan

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Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy, Utamaro II (Japanese (died 1831?)), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy, Utamaro II (Japanese (died 1831?)), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy, Utamaro II (Japanese (died 1831?)), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan

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