Delicate rendering of bamboo on right with small birds flying around at various angles, some perched in the branches.
overall with mounting Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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A vertical rectangular panel is divided in four, the lower half is longer than top two panels. Three sparrows fly in toward the bamboo while a fourth flies away in the upper left panel. A pair of sparrows face each other with open wings and a bamboo twig in the lower left. Three stalks of young bamboo originate in the lower right panel, extending upward. It’s leaves are long, thin, and tapered rendered in clusters. The panel has a light, airy feeling. Artist seal and signature in lower right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.355
People
Kunii Oyo 国井応陽, Japanese (1868 - 1923)
Title
Bamboo and Sparrows
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
fusuma, painting
Date
late19th-early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340522

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Four sliding doors; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
image only, two top panels: 64.4 x 39 cm (25 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
with mount, two top panels : 68.8 x 42.7 cm (27 1/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
image only, two bottom panels: 92.2 x 39 cm (36 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
with mount, two bottom panels : 96.7 x 42.7 cm (38 1/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: signature : Oyo
  • seal: Oyo (top)
  • seal: Sei shi (bottom)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, (1997)], sold; to Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (1997-2018), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.355
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 167-168, cat. 166

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