Owl in moonlight on blooming cherry tree

Object Details

• Artist

  Ozawa Nankoku (1844 -?)

• Description

  Pair of hanging scrolls contained in one modern wooden box. Box contained in additional modern cardboard storage box.

  Ozawa Nankoku's paintings of birds and flowers are often striking in their virtually photographic realism. Here an owl surrounded by ethereal, translucent cherry blossoms, stares directly toward the viewer.

• Signatures

  Signed Nankoku Osawa saku; Sealed Dai Nihon -Nankoku-

• Label

  This painting is one of a pair with F2004.13

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase from the Estate of Robert O. Muller — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art and the Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1860s

• Name

  Ozawa, Nankoku

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Art, Night, Owl, Cherry tree, Moon, Outer space, Japanese Art, Cherry blossom, Flowers, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings