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Wagtails and Narcissus

mid-1500s

Eison 榮存

(Japanese)
Culture
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 40.8 x 30.8 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 119.4 x 48.3 cm (47 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1985.90
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented hanging scroll in monochromatic ink depicts two long-tailed birds perched on a craggy rock. The birds gaze left toward ripples in water. Behind them, narcissus flowers with long, sweeping leaves extend upward toward the top right. This work on tan paper uses varying shades of gray and black ink with a small red seal in the lower right. Patterned borders frame the top and bottom.

Wagtails and Narcissus

mid-1500s

Eison

(Japanese)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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