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Tani Bunchō|Watanabe Kazan|Sakai Hōitsu|sixty-six others

1820 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

A playful sampling of works by Edo's leading early nineteenth-century artists and literati is arranged here into irregular "paving stones." The many auspicious motifs and spring-themed poems suggest that this collection was made at the lunar New Year.

Artist

Tani Bunchō|Watanabe Kazan|Sakai Hōitsu|sixty-six others

Date

1820

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975