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)
- 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
- 1875
- Period
- Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F2004.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 20.5 x 17.7 cm (8 1/16 x 6 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- crane
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- child
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F2004.15
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye32f63927e-f78d-472a-81d2-b829d960f457
