Calligraphy
Calligraphy

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Calligraphy,

1929–30

Various artists
Japanese
Shōwa era, 1926–1989
2003-305 a

Information

Title
Calligraphy
Dates

1929–30

Maker
Various artists
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Leaf: 27 × 35.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Earl and Virginia Miner
Object Number
2003-305 a
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed left: 白龜[伯][兄] Dated: 昭和己巳初秋 (Showa tsuchinoto-mi hatsuaki), “Early autumn in the tsuchinoto-mi year (1929) of the Showa era”
Inscription
Inscribed right: [ ][ ][ ]息
Marks/Labels/Seals
Individual C?, [ ]中惠印, square intaglio, upper seal Individual C?, 白龜[ ]史 square intaglio (same characters as signature), lower seal
Culture
Japanese
Period
Showa
Type
albums, japanese painting styles, calligraphy (visual work), paintings
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink

–1960-61 Nakagawa Saihei (Nagoya, Japan), sold to Earl and Virginia Miner (Princeton, NJ)
–2003 Earl and Virginia Miner (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2003.

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