Mori Ippo
Tanuki in the Snow with First Bamboo Shoots of Spring

ArtistJapanese, 1798–1871
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Tanuki in the Snow with First Bamboo Shoots of Spring
Date19th century
Made inJapan
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 37 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (95.3 × 35.2 cm)
Mount: 69 × 20 in. (175.3 × 50.8 cm)
Overall (with roller): 71 × 21 7/8 in. (180.3 × 55.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen E. Hamilton
Object number2013.363
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceStephen Hamilton, Houston, TX; on loan to MFAH since 2005
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: inscribed in ink, upper left: [waka poem in grass script by Kato Chinami]
Recto: signed in ink, lower left edge: [artist name, Ippo]
In box: inscribed in ink: [handwritten note]
Recto: signed in ink, lower left edge: [artist name, Ippo]
Recto: seal in red, lower left edge: [artist seal, intaligo, Keishi]


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