Otafuku, the Goddess of Mirth (Uzume), Holding a Baby Crane

Object Details

• Artist

  Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889)

• Description

  Painting depicts the goddess Otafuku gently holding a baby crane in her arms. Contained in modern wooden box with lid.

• Signatures

  Signed Hi no to I jugatsu (Year of the Boar); Seal is illegible.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Dream Worlds: Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection (November 06, 2004 to January 7, 2007)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

• 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

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• Date

  1870s

• Name

  Kawanabe, Kyosai

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Children, Crane, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings