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Ōtagaki Rengetsu
Butterflies and Poem1869

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Japanese hanging scroll with calligraphy in flowing cursive script on white paper, two small ink-brushed butterfly figures, mounted in green floral silk and black brocade borders
Artist or Maker
Ōtagaki Rengetsu
Japan, 1791-1875
Title
Butterflies and Poem
Date Made
1869
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (29.21 × 44.45 cm); Mount: 46 × 22 in. (116.84 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2013 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group in memory of Grace Tsao
Accession Number
M.2014.127
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2014-2015: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 66, no.2 (2016): 282-290.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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