Immortals

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Immortals

Alternate Title: Gunsenzu byōbu
Japan, 1832
Paintings; screens
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold paint on paper
Each overall: 67 x 150 in. (170.18 x 381 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Barbara Becker Estate, the Disney Corporation, the Fluor Corporation, Chevron, William Randolph Hearst Collection, Anita M. Baldwin Estate and Los Angeles County Fund (79.2a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Shiwada Sh¯ujir¯o.  Zaigai Nihonno shih¯o.  Tokyo, Japan:  Mainichi Shinbunsha,  1980.