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An Owl on a Dead Branch

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An Owl on a Dead Branch

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)

Ôta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823)

Bunka (1804 - 18) - Bunsei (1818 - 30) eras

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk

DimensionsImage: 103.5 x 31.4 cm (40 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Edward S. Morse

Accession number20.1609

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Woman Enjoying the Evening Cool

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first half of the Tenmei era (1764–1789)

Riodobin sennin

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The warrior Yamatotake on a bank

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(Jinbutsu) Ryakuga shiki (Abbreviated Sketches of People)

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colophon: 1795 (Kansei 7)

Gray Starling (Hakutô-ô) in Loquat Tree, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

Gray Starling (Hakutô-ô) in Loquat Tree, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

1790s

Yellow Warbler and Peony, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

Yellow Warbler and Peony, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

1790s

Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)

Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

about 1809 (Bunka 6)

Street Scene at New Year, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)

Street Scene at New Year, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

1796 (Kansei 8)

No. 4, Pulling Rice Seedlings from the Seedling Bed (Nawashiro no nae o hiku tokoro), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)

No. 4, Pulling Rice Seedlings from the Seedling Bed (Nawashiro no nae o hiku tokoro), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)

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No. 3: Using a Harrow to Prepare the Fields (Maguwa ni te ta o narasu tei), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)

No. 3: Using a Harrow to Prepare the Fields (Maguwa ni te ta o narasu tei), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

about 1787–90 (Tenmei 7–Kansei 2)

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

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