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Hanging Scroll

1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Scene of tortoises climbing a rock under bamboo and flowering plum plum-blossom. One of a pair of with E.2950-1934, which depicts cranes under a pine tree. Both scrolls are signed 'Kishinami Riukei' and dated '20th year of cycle'. This cyclical date probably corresponds to 1823.'


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painting, ink and colours on paper
Brief description
Group on tortoises, bamboo and flowering prunus, Kishinami Ryukei 岸浪柳渓 (1855-1935), hanging scroll, ink and colours on paper, Japan, 1883.
Physical description
Scene of tortoises climbing a rock under bamboo and flowering plum plum-blossom. One of a pair of with E.2950-1934, which depicts cranes under a pine tree. Both scrolls are signed 'Kishinami Riukei' and dated '20th year of cycle'. This cyclical date probably corresponds to 1823.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 47.5in
  • Width: 12.625in
The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Marks and inscriptions
'Kishinami Riukei'; '20th year of cycle (1823?).' (Signed and dated. )
Credit line
Bequeathed by T. B.Clarke-Thornhill.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.2949-1934

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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