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Sengai Gibon
Kanzan and JittokuEdo period (1615-1868), late 18th to mid-19th century

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Japanese hanging scroll with two round, comically drawn ink figures facing each other, surrounded by cursive Japanese script on cream paper with silk and brocade mounting
Close-up of a red ink seal stamp on cream-colored paper, square format with rounded corners, bearing Chinese seal script characters.
Artist or Maker
Sengai Gibon
Japan, 1751-1837
Title
Kanzan and Jittoku
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th to mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 16 x 20 5/16 in. (40.64 x 51.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Murray Smith
Accession Number
AC1999.253.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Awakawa, Yasuichi. Zen Painting. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd., 1970.
  • Speer, Richard. The Space of Effusion: Sam Francis in Japan. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2020.

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