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Various Japanese Artists
Anthology of Late Edo Painters, Collected by Shosen-shilate Edo period, 19th century

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Japanese or Chinese folding album open to five panels, alternating ink brush paintings of two figures, a stag beetle, and two birds with panels of densely written cursive calligraphy and red seals
Handscroll with five sections alternating ink brush paintings and Chinese calligraphy; paintings depict a jagged rock with vegetation and two tortoises, rendered in loose ink wash; columns of cursive and regular script calligraphy with red seal impressions throughout
Handscroll with six panels on pale paper: flowering plum branches in ink wash at left and right edges, a small ink figure of a seated robed person in the center, flanked by panels of cursive Chinese calligraphy with red seal impressions throughout.
Handscroll with four open panels alternating ink paintings and calligraphy; paintings depict a gourd with small figure, a tall slender stone, and orchids with rock in loose brushwork; vertical columns of Chinese calligraphy with red seal impressions throughout.
Horizontal handscroll with five panels alternating Japanese calligraphy and ink brush paintings; panels include a loosely brushed figure with red accent, a seated robed monk in profile, and columns of flowing cursive kana and kanji script on cream-toned paper.
Horizontal handscroll with four panels: ink landscape with misty mountains at left, a panel of Japanese cursive calligraphy, a loose ink-wash figure of a rotund seated character, and bold large-character Japanese calligraphy at right, with red seal impressions throughout.

Various Japanese Artists, Anthology of Late Edo Painters, Collected by Shosen-shi, late Edo period, 19th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Various Japanese Artists
Title
Anthology of Late Edo Painters, Collected by Shosen-shi
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Edo period, 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
One from a set of three handscrolls; ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
Approximately: 11 3/4 x 228 in. (29.8 x 579.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse
Accession Number
M.80.219.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art