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Fūgai Honkō
Immortals1832

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Six-panel folding screen painted in ink and color, depicting robed figures, cranes, a white beast, and mountainous landscape in soft gray, gold, and jewel-toned colors
Six-panel Japanese folding screen with ink and gold pigment on paper, depicting multiple robed figures amid waves, rocky outcroppings, and gold clouds; figures in colorful garments wade, float, and gather across a vast seascape, with vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy at upper left.

Fūgai Honkō, Immortals, 1832, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 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, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Fūgai Honkō
Japan, 1779-1847
Title
Immortals
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1832
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold paint on paper
Dimensions
Each overall: 67 x 150 in. (170.18 x 381 cm)
Credit Line
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
Accession Number
79.2a-b
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Shiwada Sh¯ujir¯o. Zaigai Nihonno shih¯o. Tokyo, Japan: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1980.
  • 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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