Nine paintings of miscellaneous subjects

Object Details

• Artist

  Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

• Description

  Horizontal scroll with multiple studies by Sakai Hoitsu. There are nine paintings of miscellaneous subjects (primrose, Mr. Fuji, bamboo and a toy bird, Kanzan and Jitoku, cuckoo under the moon, poppy, water hen, bee and plum blossom, and Mt. Horai.)

• Inscriptions

  1. (James T. Ulak, 26 December 1997) Seven seals and a signature by Hoitsu.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Kurt A. Gitter M.D. and Alice Yelen

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Sakai, Hoitsu

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Poppy, Art, Moon, Mount Fuji, Outer space, Birds, Bees, Plum blossom, Animals, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Chicken, Bamboo, Makimono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings