Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji

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Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji,

1819–1840

Tani Bunchō 谷文晁, 1763–1841
Tosaka Bun'yō 遠坂文雍, 1783 - 1852
Tani Bunji 谷文二, 1812 - 1850
Unknown 19th century
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2002-361
A crane flies in front of the burning red sun and over Mount Fuji, recognizable by its three-pointed peak. Below, ships depart from a fishing village. In Japan, cranes have long been considered a symbol of longevity, believed to live for a thousand years. They were also associated with the celestial, and often paired with the sun. This painting is a collaboration between Tani Bunchō and three of his students: his son Bunji; Tōsaka Bun’yō; and an unknown painter.
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Information

Title
Fishing Village, Flying Crane, and Mount Fuji
Dates

1819–1840

Maker
Tani Bunchō 谷文晁
Tosaka Bun'yō 遠坂文雍
Tani Bunji 谷文二
Unknown 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 95.5 x 33.4 cm. (37 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.) Mount: 177 x 41.5 cm. (69 11/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Ju-hsi Chou, Graduate Class of 1970, and Mrs. Yosoon Chou
Object Number
2002-361
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Tani Bunji signed top left: 文二筆 Unidentified signed center right: [][]筆 Tosaka Bun'yo signed lower center right: 文雍筆 Tani Buncho signed bottom left: 文晁筆
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two characters in ink on wooden box Tani Bunji: 寫山, pair of intaglio seals, top left [Note：寫山樓 was building Tani Bunchō taught pupils] Unidentified: [][] gourd relief, center right Tani Bunchō: 樂山老人 square relief, bottom left
Description
Bottom stretch of landscape by Tani Bunchō. Next layer of landscape by Bun'yō, a pupil of Bunchō. Next is an unidentified artist (does not appear to be the name or seal of any of Bunchō's most famous pupils). Top sun and crane painted by Bunji, son and pupil of Bunchō (who was groomed as a replacement for his older brother, who had died from eating spoiled moss at the age of seven).
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, japanese painting styles
Materials
silk (textile), ink
Subject
fishing, villages, cranes, suns, mountains

–2002 Ju-hsi Chou and Yosoon Chou (Cleveland, OH), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.

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