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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.721.2
Title
Illustrated Scroll of Birds (Chōrui zukan) Vol. 2
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 鳥類圖巻
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, handscroll
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192392

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll: second of two; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
42.5 x 3373.9 cm (16 3/4 x 1328 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.721.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert T. Singer and Kawai Masatomo, ed., The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Princeton, 2019), pp. 200-203, cat. 178

Exhibition History

  • The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/02/2019 - 08/18/2019

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