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Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)|Utamaro II

ca. 1801–6 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

To commemorate their cultivated gatherings, artists and poets participated in collaborative works of improvised poems and paintings known as sekiga. Utamaro's painting at lower right illustrates maple leaves scattered over an icy pond.

Artist

Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)|Utamaro II

Date

ca. 1801–6

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