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Ōtsuki Bankei
Chinese Poem: Seven-character-quatraincirca 1877

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Vertical hanging scroll with bold cursive Chinese calligraphy in black ink on apricot-tan paper, four columns of text with a smaller inscription and two red seal stamps below
Hanging scroll with columns of Chinese calligraphy in fluid cursive script, black ink on aged beige paper, with two red seal impressions at lower left.

Ōtsuki Bankei, Chinese Poem: Seven-character-quatrain, circa 1877, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Beverly Rashkin, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

Artist or Maker
Ōtsuki Bankei
Japan, 1801-1878
Title
Chinese Poem: Seven-character-quatrain
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1877
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 55 7/8 x 12 in. (142.0 x 30.5 cm); Mount: 74 x 16 3/4 in. (188.0 x 42.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Beverly Rashkin
Accession Number
M.86.139
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art