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Okamoto Shūki
Peonies and Red-throated Thrushes19th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll painting of a flowering peony shrub with blossoms in pink, red, yellow, purple, and white, with a small dark bird perched on a bare upper branch
Detail of a painting on silk showing green leaves at upper left, with a column of Chinese calligraphy in black ink and a red rectangular seal below.
Artist or Maker
Okamoto Shūki
Japan, 1807-1862
Title
Peonies and Red-throated Thrushes
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 27 1/4 x 37 1/2 in. (69.22 x 95.25 cm); Mount: 78 5/8 x 44 1/4 in. (199.71 x 112.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles and Janice Holland
Accession Number
M.2011.83
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.