Birds, Orchids and Banyan Tree

Taisei Minakami

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Taisei Minakami (1877–1951). Birds, Orchids and Banyan Tree, ca. 1920. Two-fold screen; ink and color on gold-sprinkled silk, brocade mount, 67 1/2 x 72 7/8 in. (171.5 x 185.1 cm) Image: 61 x 66 in. (154.9 x 167.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift from the Collection of Liza Hyde, 1994.193. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Birds, Orchids and Banyan Tree

Date

ca. 1920

Period

Taisho Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Two-fold screen; ink and color on gold-sprinkled silk, brocade mount

Classification

Screen

Dimensions

67 1/2 x 72 7/8 in. (171.5 x 185.1 cm) Image: 61 x 66 in. (154.9 x 167.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed by the artist lower right

Markings

Intaglio seal lower right.

Credit Line

Gift from the Collection of Liza Hyde

Accession Number

1994.193

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