PaintingsJapanese18th century

View of West Lake

1735–42

Artists

Takada Keiho 高田敬輔Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 153.4 × W. 356 cm (60 3/8 × 140 3/16 in.) overall with mount: H. 171.3 × W. 374 cm (67 7/16 × 147 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Koichi Yanagi, Kokon, Inc., (2011)], sold; to Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (2011-2018), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

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