Eagle

Object Details

• Artist

  Kishi Ganku 岸駒 (1749-1838)

• Description

  Eagle perched on branch of pine tree.

• Inscriptions

  1. (James Ulak, December 1995) Signature: Echizen no kami Ganku. Upper seal: Ganku kankan. Lower seal: Dokoku. Box is inscribed by Uchimura Rokao.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

  Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

  Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Clark

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kishi, Ganku

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Pine tree, Art, Ivory, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Eagles, Kakemono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings