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Kishi GankuWW-1838-162689
1838·Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk·Image: 55 1/16 × 22 7/16 in. (139.8 × 57 cm)
Overall with mounting: 83 1/2 × 29 11/16 in. (212.1 × 75.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 83 1/2 × 31 13/16 in. (212.1 × 80.8 cm)
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Catalogue
- Year
- 1838
- Dimensions
- Image: 55 1/16 × 22 7/16 in. (139.8 × 57 cm) Overall with mounting: 83 1/2 × 29 11/16 in. (212.1 × 75.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 83 1/2 × 31 13/16 in. (212.1 × 80.8 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Kishi Ganku
Artist
Kishi Ganku
Painting
Ganku 岸駒, or more formally Kishi Ku, was a leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his paintings of tigers. Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin (沈南蘋) and the Maruyama-Shijō school, and arrived in Kyoto around 1780.
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- Kishi Ganku
- Year
- 1838
- Dimensions
- Image: 55 1/16 × 22 7/16 in. (139.8 × 57 cm) Overall with mounting: 83 1/2 × 29 11/16 in. (212.1 × 75.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 83 1/2 × 31 13/16 in. (212.1 × 80.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1838-162689
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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