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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.704
People
Traditionally attributed to Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙, Japanese (Anafuto, Tamba province 1733 - 1795)
Title
Banana Leaf and Goose : fusuma paintings mounted as a pair of folding screens
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: fusuma
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, fusuma
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192398

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pair of fusuma (sliding door) paintings mounted as a pair of two-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
each screen painting proper: H. 154.6 × W. 171 cm (60 7/8 × 67 5/16 in.)
overall with mounting: H. 171.5 × W. 188 × D. 2.2 cm (67 1/2 × 74 × 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: ōkyo signature and seals

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
1985.704
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/10/2022 - 06/04/2023

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