Artist
Kishi Chikudo (Japanese, 1826–1897)Japanese, 1826–1897
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons
Date1892
PlaceJapan
MediumFour-panel folding screen; ink and pigment on paper
Dimensions58 3/8 × 98 1/2 in. (148.3 × 250.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. and the Japan Business Association of Houston
Object number94.5
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to the Japan Business Association on Jan. 19, 1994, for lunch meeting at the Omni Houston Hotel (loaned prior to accessioning as TR:1-94). LN:94.32.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated in ink, in the lower right quadrant of the right panel: "Painted by Chikudo Kishi Shoroku in the first month of --- --- of the 20th year of Meiji in the rabbit year [1892]"
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Ganku Kishi
mid-18th–mid-19th century
Six-panel folding screen; ink and watercolor on paper
94.4.1
Ganku Kishi
mid-18th–mid-19th century
Six-panel folding screen; ink and watercolor on paper
94.4.2
