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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.422
People
Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓), Japanese (Owari 1752 - 1811)
Title
Snowy Stream
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 倣陶雪河図
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
late 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371500

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
H. 163 × W. 94 cm (64 3/16 × 37 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: painting upper right: 倣陶雪河図 呉春寫

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Nakanishi Bunzō, Kyoto, (by 1981)], sold; to Dr. Kurt Gitter, New Orleans, LA (1981-2001), transfer; to the Gitter-Yelen Foundation, New Orleans, LA (2001-2021), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Alice and Dr. Kurt Gitter on behalf of the Gitter-Yelen Foundation in honor of Professor Yukio Lippit
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.422
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • New Orleans Collects, New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans, 1971), no. 296
  • Stephen Addiss, Zenga and Nanga: Paintings by Japanese Monks and Scholars: Selections from the Kurt and Millie Gitter Collection, exh. cat., New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans, 1976), cat. no. 45, pp.120-121

Exhibition History

  • Zenga and Nanga: Paintings by Japanese Monks and Scholars, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 11/20/1976 - 01/08/1979
  • Autumn Leaves, Winter Branches: Seasonal Landscapes from the Edo Period, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 10/10/1995 - 12/31/1995
  • Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Japanese Galleries Rotation, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017

Verification Level

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