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Kitamuki Unchiku
Dragon17th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll with bold, gestural East Asian calligraphy in black ink on silver-gray paper, with gold silk brocade mounting and two square seals in the lower right
Detail of an ink painting on aged paper showing a red square seal stamp with Chinese characters in seal script, a short vertical brushstroke inscription above, and a dark ink wash passage at upper left; gold brocade mounting border visible at right.
Ink rubbing or aged paper fragment depicting two Chinese dragons in red-brown outline, one above the other, with scaled bodies, clawed feet, and flowing tails, on a weathered gray ground with dark speckled markings.
Artist or Maker
Kitamuki Unchiku
Japan, 1623-1703
Title
Dragon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
17th century
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573 - 1603)
Medium
One of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 45 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (116.5 x 44.1 cm); Mount: 79 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. (201.6 x 52.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max and Eleanor Baril through the 1990 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1996.174.1.1
Classification
Drawings
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.