Moon and Flowering Arrowroot
Moon and Flowering Arrowroot

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Moon and Flowering Arrowroot

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一, 1761–1828

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

y1945-177

Information

Title
Moon and Flowering Arrowroot
Maker
Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一
Medium

Hanging scroll (wrapped on frame); ink and color on silk

Dimensions

frame: 133 × 55.6 × 1.6 cm (52 3/8 × 21 7/8 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number
y1945-177
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed lower left: 抱一筆
“Hōitsu hitsu”

Inscription

Ink, lower left

Marks/Labels/Seals

Artist, "Bunsen” 文詮, round relief, bottom left

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, scroll paintings
Materials
ink, silk (textile)
Subject
moons, vines

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