PaintingsJapanese19th century

Precipitous Rocks and Rushing Water

1843

Artists

Uragami Shunkin 浦上春琴Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 153.4 × W. 358.4 cm (60 3/8 × 141 1/8 in.) overall, flexed open at 160-degree angle: H. 170.5 × W. 355.6 cm (67 1/8 × 140 in.)

Provenance

Nishimura Kichiemon, Kyoto. [James Freeman, Kyoto (2001), sold; to Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (2001-2018), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

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