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Identification and Creation

Object Number
TL42642.14
People
Yamamoto Baiitsu 山本梅逸, Japanese (Nagoya 1783 - 1856 Nagoya)
Title
Abundant Fragrance in a Splash of Ink
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
handscroll, painting
Date
1853
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340340

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
image only: 8.7 x 167 cm (3 7/16 x 65 3/4 in.)
with mount: 9 x 203.5 cm (3 9/16 x 80 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: Signature: "Baiitsu rojin toki toshi nanna ju machi ichi" (at the end of the collophon)
  • seal: Seal(s): 3: at beginning of scroll after Kaioku inscription: "Myou Kei": at end of the collophon: "Yamamoto Ryou" (top); "Baiitsu" (bottom)
  • inscription: Calligraphy: at beginning of scroll by Nukina Kaioku

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
Object Number
TL42642.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Orchid & Fungus, Bamboo, Blossoming Plum, Chrysanthemum

Publication History

  • Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 23-25, cat. 9

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2024 - 12/02/2024

Verification Level

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