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Nakahara Nantenbō
Horizontal Staff: If you follow the way, Nantenbō! If you do not follow the way, Nantenbō!circa 1905

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Folding fan fully opened, with honey bamboo ribs, white and gray pleated paper, bold black ink brushwork depicting a winding plant form, and vertical East Asian script with red seal stamps
Artist or Maker
Nakahara Nantenbō
Japan, 1839-1925
Title
Horizontal Staff: If you follow the way, Nantenbō! If you do not follow the way, Nantenbō!
Date Made
circa 1905
Medium
Fan; bamboo, mica-dusted paper, sumi ink
Dimensions
9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in. (24.45 x 36.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert and Helen Kuhn Family Trust
Accession Number
M.2012.106.59
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art