PaintingsJapanese19th century

Broken Branches Drawn from Life

1835

Artists

Yamamoto Baiitsu 山本梅逸Artist

Uragami Shunkin 浦上春琴Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 28.1 × L. 593.7 cm (11 1/16 × 233 3/4 in.) silk mount: H. 29.7 × L. 679.7 cm (11 11/16 × 267 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Yanagi Takashi of Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, Kyoto, Japan (by 1991)], sold; to Robert and Betsy Feinberg, Maryland (1991-2024), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024.

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