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Title

Landscape

18th century

Artist

Kanō Motoaki

Japan

18th century –

Alternate image of Landscape by Kanō Motoaki
Alternate image of Landscape by Kanō Motoaki

  • Details

    Other Title
    (Landscape design with fisherman)
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    18th century
    Media categories
    Screen , Painting
    Materials used
    pair of six-panel screens (byobu); ink and silver leaf oxidised on paper
    Dimensions

    a - screen - bridge, fisherman with birds in flight, second panel on the right., 157.8 x 375.4 cm

    a - screen - bridge, fisherman with birds in flight, second panel on the right., 173.7 x 387.4 cm

    b - screen - boat, second panel on left., 157.8 x 375.4 cm

    b - screen - boat, second panel on left., 173.7 x 387.4 cm

    Signature & date

    Signed l.l., in Japanese ink "Kano Motoaki [& artist's seal]". Not dated. [left screen]
    Signed l.r., in Japanese ink "Kano Motoaki [& artist's seal]". Not dated. [right screen]

    Credit
    Bequest of Paul Haefliger 1983
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    126.1995.a-b
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Kanō Motoaki

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Provenance

    David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 1972-1983, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased by Paul Haefliger.

    Paul Haefliger, 1978-1983, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, on loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1978. Bequethed to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1983