hanging scroll;
painting;
forgery
- Museum number
- 1913,0501,0.409
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. Three women standing under blossoms of cherry tree; one woman attaching poem slip to branch above; one young girl kneeling down on ground to have closer look at lion flowers. Ink, colour and on silk. Signed and sealed.
- Production date
- 19thC (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 117 centimetres
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Width: 49 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Clark 1992
A group of women and a young girl stand under the blossoms of a cherry tree, one attaching a poem slip to the branch above. The first disconcerting fact is that the colours are dull and seem to imitate the effect of a faded woodblock print. The figures are over-elongated, even for Eishi, and the faces considerably distorted from his style. The cut-off 'stump' of the tree in the bottom left corner is feeble for an artist who trained with the leading Kano painter of the times. The signature and seal are, needless to say, both forged. Several versions of this composition are in circulation, but none appear genuine to the present writer.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Acquisition notes
- The collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings belonging to Arthur Morrison was purchased by Sir William Gwynne-Evans, who presented it to the British Museum in 1913.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1913,0501,0.409
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.1428 (Japanese Painting Number)