Artist
Nakahara NantenbōJapanese, 1839–1925
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Ensō
Date1924
MediumHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (34 × 45 cm)
Mount: 41 9/16 × 19 11/16 in. (105.5 × 50 cm)
Mount: 41 9/16 × 19 11/16 in. (105.5 × 50 cm)
Credit LineThe Gitter-Yelen Collection, gift of Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen Gitter
Object number2014.1039
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto, inscribed in ink, left of of the enso: Otsuki san, ikutsu / jusan, nanatsu [Mr. Moon, how old are you? Thirteen? Seven?]
Recto, signed: eighty-six year old Nantembo
Recto, rectangle intaglio at top right in red ink: [illegible]
Recto, square intaglio at bottom left in red ink: Hakugaikutsu
Recto, square intaglio at bottom left in red ink: Toju
Recto, square intaglio at bottom left in red ink: Hakugaikutsu
Recto, square intaglio at bottom left in red ink: Toju
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Nakahara Nantenbō
late 19th–early 20th century
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
2021.220.2
Nakahara Nantenbō
late 19th–early 20th century
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
2021.220.1
Nakahara Nantenbō
late 19th–early 20th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
2021.220.1,.2
