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Nagasawa Rosetsu
Cat Amidst Spring Flowerscirca 1775-1785

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Japanese hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, a sleeping black and white cat curled beside a small flowering plant, with gray atmospheric wash and a floral-patterned silk mount
Detail of a hanging scroll on silk, showing a vertical column of Chinese or Japanese calligraphy in black ink with fluid brushwork, above two red seal impressions with carved characters.
Artist or Maker
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Japan, 1754-1799
Title
Cat Amidst Spring Flowers
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1775-1785
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 40 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (103.82 × 34.93 cm) Mount: 72 × 19 1/2 in. (182.88 × 49.53 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of David and Margaret Barry, Laurie and Bill Benenson, Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross, Meloni Midori Hallock, Nicolas Hamatake, Stephen O. Lesser, and Dr. Fiona Chalom and Dr. Joel Aronowitz
Accession Number
M.2017.309.1
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.