Mythological beasts (longma, dragon, pheonix and flowering tendrils)

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Mythological beasts (longma, dragon, pheonix and flowering tendrils)

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Te Papa Collections Online

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In 2016 Te Papa acquired three historical Japanese paintings: a small ukiyo-e painting of a rat dressed as a daimyō or feudal lord (Te Papa 2016-0008-64) and two sumi-e ink paintings in the Chinese style. Tastes and practices in the visual arts of Japan had long drawn on inspirational precedents in Chinese visual culture – nowhere more evident than in the development of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e ink painting. One sumi-e is unsigned but bears the seal of Kanō Tsunenobu (1636–1713), son o...

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Date created

1674-1713

Creator

Kano Tsunenobu

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1529124

Related subjects

Dragons / Phoenix (Mythical bird) / sumi / paper / ink washes / sumi-e / Early Edo / Japan / Japanese / Tokyo

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