Flower Viewing
Titles
- Hanami zukan
- 花見図巻
Artist
Anonymous
Dateearly 1690's
GeographyJapan
Mediumink, colors and gold on paper
Dimensions10 7/8 x 102 13/16 in. (27.6 x 261.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. Robert Allerton, 1960 (2733.1)
Object number2733.1
DescriptionIn rich blues, reds, greens, orange, yellow, and gold. Scroll depicts procession of people walking under flowering plum trees and pine. One group seatedon mats out-of-doors under flowering trees having luncheon, while several musicians perform. Warriors with swords on one section of scroll. Scroll has gold paper inside at each end and on right end alos tan & gold brocade 81/4 inches long. Painting is mounted on gold speckled white papers.On View
Not on viewCollections
Anonymous
Mid-late 12th century
late 18th-early 19th Century
19th C.
