Bird and flowers
Bird and flowers

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Bird and flowers,

19th century

Kano Tōsen Nakanobu 狩野董川中信, Japanese, 1811–1871
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2015-306

Information

Title
Bird and flowers
Dates

19th century

Maker
Kano Tōsen Nakanobu 狩野董川中信
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
2015-306
Place Made

Japan

Inscription
Inscribed right: 董川法眼筆 Writing on verso
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal: 全楽
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period), Kano School
Type
drawings, workshop art
Materials
color, ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
birds, flowers

–ca. 1890 Purchased by Allan Marquand(?) 1890-ca. 1892 Allan Marquand, by gift or transfer to the Princeton University Art Museum. Note: 1890 (academic year) purchase likely corresponds to an entry in Allan Marquand’s Day Book, p. 43, that records a purchase of Japanese Drawings for $500.

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