drawing;
hanging scroll
- Museum number
- 1881,1210,0.1897
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. Landscape: view of bridge over river, with buildings amid trees to left and distant mountains. Gabled stains on top. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed.
- Production date
- 1854-60 (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 44.70 centimetres
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Width: 60 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Clark 1992
The location of this view of a bridge over a river, with buildings amid trees to the left and distant mountains, has not been identified. The technique and style, however, follow Hiroshige I (though not quite matching his level of accomplishment) in the convincing depiction of deep space and the atmospheric combination of soft washes and dark accents for the trees; the pine trees, in particular, are drawn with the characteristic mannerism of piling up rounded horizontal strokes.
Though recorded as a pupil of Hiroshige I, nothing else is known concerning the biography of Shigetoshi.
Literature:
Anderson, William, 'Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum'. London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1886, no. 1897.
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'Painted by Chō-sai (not Jun-sei) 重歳' (unattributed annotation in the specially interleaved Japanese Study Room copy of Anderson 1886)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Acquisition notes
- The collection of over 2,000 Japanese and Chinese paintings assembled by Prof. William Anderson during his residency in Japan, 1873-1880, was acquired by the Museum in 1881. The items were not listed in the register, but rather were published separately as the 'Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum' (Longmans & Co, 1886).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1881,1210,0.1897
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.1680 (Japanese Painting Number)
