山本梅逸筆 柳鷺図|Egrets, Peonies, and Willows
early 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 57 1/2 × 28 1/4 in. (146.1 × 71.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 88 1/2 × 34 1/2 in. (224.8 × 87.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 88 1/2 × 37 1/4 in. (224.8 × 94.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.268.109
Tags
About the Artist
Yamamoto Baiitsu · 1783–1856
Yamamoto Baiitsu (1783–1856) was a leading literati painter of late Edo-period Japan, celebrated for his refined bird-and-flower compositions and evocative landscapes. Born in Nagoya in the Owari domain to a sculptor's family, he was the son of Yamamoto Yumigiemon, an artisan who served the Tokugawa lords of the Owari clan. Baiitsu received early training under local masters, studying bird-and-flo...