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The Twelve Months

Yoshimura Kokei

Asian Art

MEDIUM Ink and colors on paper and silk
DATES early 19th century
PERIOD Edo period
DIMENSIONS Unfolded, each: 67 × 148 in. (170.2 × 375.9 cm)
MARKINGS Each panel has the oval seal of the artist (to be read).
INSCRIPTIONS Each panel has two poem pages with poetic inscriptions of various lengths, and probably signatures. To be read.
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2024.3a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi
PROVENANCE By 1913, acquired by the Otani family, Nishi Honganji Temple, Kyoto, Japan; May 1913, offered by the Otani family at auction, Kyoto; between 1913 and 2005, provenance not yet documented; by 2005, acquired by Shigehiko Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan; 2005, purchased from Shigehiko Yanagi by Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi of New York, NY; 2024, gift of Rosemarie and Leighton Longhi to the Brooklyn Museum.
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