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Fireflies by a Twilight Stream

Fireflies by a Twilight Stream

Public Domain

ArtistJapanese, 1808–1877
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Fireflies by a Twilight Stream
Datec. 1875
PlaceJapan
MediumHanging scroll; ink on silk mounted on paper with ivory roller
DimensionsImage: 46 1/2 × 19 5/16 in. (118.1 × 49.1 cm)
 Overall (with roller): 71 7/8 × 25 1/2 in. (182.6 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in memory of Ann Lattimore Hamilton
Object number2004.1692
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceHotei Japanese Prints and Paintings (Chris Uhlenbeck), Leiden, The Netherlands, 15 November 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Titled on the cover of the box in Japanese characters: "A painting of a group of fireflies near a mountain stream".
Signed "Bunrin" with an unread seal and signed inside on paper "Bunrin..."

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Shiokawa Bunrin