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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- circa 1770-circa 1772
- Media categories
- Screen , Painting
- Materials used
- pair of six-panel screens (byobu); colour and gold leaf on paper
- Dimensions
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a - right screen - Eight cranes standing, 153 x 357 cm, image
a - right screen - Eight cranes standing, 169.5 x 373 cm, screen
b - left screen - Three cranes flying, 153 x 357 cm, image
b - left screen - Three cranes flying, 169.5 x 373 cm, screen
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Maruyama Okyo [& artist's seal]". Not dated. [left screen]
Signed l.r., in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Mayuyama Okyo [& artist's seal]". Not dated. [right screen]- Credit
- Purchased with assistance from the Japanese Society of Sydney, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and The Sidney Myer Charity Trust 1981
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 109.1981.a-b
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Maruyama Ōkyo
Works in the collection
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About
This stunning example of Japanese screen design shows Okyo's expressive power as well as his meticulous observation of cranes and their behaviour. The artist is attuned to the subtle relationship among the adult and juvenile birds that congregate in the top [right] screen. In contrast, in the bottom [left] screen he captures the dynamic movements of three cranes that are about to land to join the others. The artist's power of observation can be seen in details such as the half-closed eye of the resting adult crane on the far right, and the crane stretching his neck skyward.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.234.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The art of Japanese screen painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Nov 2004–06 Feb 2005
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Jackie Menzies, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Asian Art', pg. 85-103, Sydney, 1981, 99 (colour illus.). cat.no. 29
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Edo Painting Schools', Sydney, 2003, 234-235 (colour illus.). The colour illus. on page 235 is a detail of this work.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Dômo - Australia living handbook, Sydney, 2000, 230 (illus.). Article by Chiaki Ajioka in Japanese about the AGNSW
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