Sparse Plums and Old Pines

Object Details

• Artist

  Tanomura Chikuden 田能村竹田 (1777-1835)

• Description

  An old pine tree and a gnarled plum tree. Inscription along the right-hand side of the painting written in a single long line by the artist, ending with his signature.

• Marks

  Two seals of the artist.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription by artist along the right edge of the painting. The wooden box in which the scroll was stored has a title written on the outside, and an inscription on inside of the cover.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

  Japanese Nanga School Painting (November 7, 1985 to March 9, 1987)

  Japanese Scholar-Painters (November 7, 1985 to November 26, 1986)

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Tanomura, Chikuden

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Pine tree, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Plum blossoms, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings