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Nagasawa Rosetsu
Fish Head18th century

Not on view
Horizontal hanging scroll, ink on paper, loosely brushed horse head facing left rendered in bold black and gray washes with bare paper highlights, Japanese inscription and red seal at right
Hanging scroll detail showing a vertical column of Japanese calligraphy in black ink above a circular red seal, on cream-colored silk, with a brocade mounting border at right.
Artist or Maker
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Japan, 1754-1799
Title
Fish Head
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/4 × 33 1/8 in. (19.69 × 84.14 cm) Mount: 43 3/8 × 38 in. (110.17 × 96.52 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert R. Cole in Memory of His Parents, Isabelle and Robert Cole
Accession Number
M.81.201
Classification
Paintings
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.