Chinese Scholar Contemplating a Plum Tree

Kano Tanshin Morimichi (Japanese, 1785–1835)

first half of the 19th century

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

DimensionsImage: 120.6 x 52.5 cm (47 1/2 x 20 11/16 in)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4388

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ClassificationsPaintings

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Asia

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum

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first half of the 19th century

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Kano Tanshin Morimichi

first half of the 19th century

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first half of the 19th century

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Kano Tanshin Morimichi

first half of the 19th century

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Kano Tanshin Morimichi

first half of the 19th century

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Kano Tanshin Morimichi

first half of the 19th century