Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys Trying to get Persimmons with Stick (obverse); Hawk in Persimmon Tree (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys Trying to get Persimmons with Stick (obverse); Hawk in Persimmon Tree (reverse)

Hanabusa ItchōWW-1700-328686

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Catalogue

Year
1700
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in. (10.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm)

Artist

Hanabusa Itchō
Hanabusa Itchō

Hanabusa Itchō was a Japanese painter born in Osaka, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names.

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