Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo)
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Caption
Kawakami Ryoka (Japanese, 1887–1921). Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo), ca. 1918. Ink, opaque watercolors and possibly lacquer on wove paper decorated with mica, 8 7/16 x 206 in. (21.4 x 523.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and Helen Babbott Sanders Fund, 1993.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Wildlife Friends (Yasei no Tomo)
Date
ca. 1918
Period
Taisho Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolors and possibly lacquer on wove paper decorated with mica
Classification
Dimensions
8 7/16 x 206 in. (21.4 x 523.2 cm)
Signatures
Shigaraki Kyujo (at end)
Inscriptions
Box inscription: Outside of the cover 1) "Yasei no Tomo" (Wildlife Friends"-title of the scroll) 2) "Ryoka Sensei Hitsu" ("executed by teacher Ryoka") Inside of the cover 1) "Bijutsu Shinron kugatsu-go sessaku gisaku "Reika Sensei" chu mushi wo shasei suru kudari ari sunawachi kono ikkan nari" ("The painting of insects in the play, which I wrote and was published in Bijutsu Shinron, Sept., 1927, is this very scroll.") 2) Signed: Yori, Dated: Shiwasu, the 13rd year of Showa.
Markings
Sealed: Ryoka (at end)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark and Helen Babbott Sanders Fund
Accession Number
1993.4
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