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Calligraphy

early 1800s

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Tanomura Chikuden 田能村 竹田

(Japanese, 1777–1835)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Double-leaf from a pair of albums; ink on silk

Sheet: 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.1.13

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Tanomura Chikuden was a prolific writer; among the most popular of his works was <em>Sanchūjin Jōzetsu</em> <em>(Chatter of a Mountain Dweller)</em>, which featured his critiques of painters based on his own hundred rules of painting.

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