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)
- 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
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Period
- Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F2004.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 82.9 x 69 cm (32 5/8 x 27 3/16 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
- owl
- tree
- flower
- cherry tree
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- moon
- night
- cherry blossom
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F2004.12
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f5e4fb45-8418-47d4-878e-cf956bcb21bb
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