W19 Kee - HISTART 383 - Modern Asian Art

Modern Art in a Multi-Ethnic Asia

This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.<br />The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it.  Snow covers the ground.<br />The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.
Utagawa Hiroshige
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain
color woodblock print on paper
13 7/8 in x 9 5/16 in (35.24 cm x 23.65 cm);19 3/16 in x 14 1/4 in (48.74 cm x 36.2 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
In the main street of Goyu village at nightfall, female touts aggressively solicit travelers by dragging them into the tea-house on the right, where one is already resting. The large circle on the wall bears the sign of the publisher of the series, Take-no-Uchi, which was omitted in later issues. On the sign-boards inside are given the names of the engraver, Firobei; the printer, Heibei; and the artist, Ichiryusai.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Hôeidô Tôkaidô Series: Goyû: Women Soliciting Travelers
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size
9 11/16 in x 14 3/4 in (24.61 cm x 37.47 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 3/16 in (46.04 cm x 56.36 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
This painting inculdes the seal of the artist Ren Xun. A crane stands in the foreground, with it's head and beak turned toward the viewer, revealing a patch of orangish red on its face. A pine tree arches across the background above.
Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
Crane, Pine and Bamboo
ink on paper
56 3/8 in x 15 7/16 in (143.19 cm x 39.21 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
This scroll features a single profile of a horse. The artist&rsquo;s inscription states that the painting is modeled after Jin Nong&rsquo;s (1687&ndash;1764) famous work entitled Ferghana Horse. Ferghana was the name of an ancient Central Asian kingdom known for its exceptional horses.
Ren Xun (Jen Hsün)
Ferghana Horse, after Jin Nong
ink on paper
45 7/16 x 14 15/16 in. (115.4 x 37.8 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar sits with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:<br />
Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian<br />
There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.
Ren Yi
Scholar with Roosters
ink and color on paper
4 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 29 11/16 in. (133.3 x 75.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Wang in memory of Professor Wang Shang-yi
Chen Hengke (Ch'en Heng-k'o)
Old Tree
ink and color on paper
22 15/16 in x 13 1/16 in (58.26 cm x 33.18 cm)
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
Blank background. The painting depicts four lobsters, with calligraphic texts and seal on the right edge of the painting.
Qi Baishi
Shrimps
ink on rice paper
14 15/16 in x 15 4/5 in (37.94 cm x 40.16 cm);14 15/16 in x 15 4/5 in (37.94 cm x 40.16 cm)
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
Qi Baishi
Plum Blossoms and Bird
ink on paper
83 in x 21 ½ in (210.82 cm x 54.61 cm)
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
Japanese
Shampooing (Massaging)
hand-colored albumen print on paper
11 in x 12 5/8 in (27.9 cm x 32 cm);10 13/16 in x 12 5/8 in (27.4 cm x 32 cm)
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Hiram W. Woodward, Jr.
English
The Chuzenji Lake at Nikko
hand-colored albumen print on paper
7 15/16 in. x 10 1/8 in. ( 20.1 cm x 25.7 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
A man and a woman amble down the street under a crescent moon. The woman plays a stringed instrument, and a woman on a balcony above leans out to listen. Two small dogs in the street appear to howl up at the moon, perhaps joining in the chorus.
Takahashi Hiroaki
Evening Scene in Tokyo: Strolling Musicians
color woodblock print on paper
14 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. ( 37.4 cm x 17.2 cm )
Gift of Millard Pryor in Memory of Mary S. Pryor
The lower section of the fan has rocks and grasses with mushrooms and several daffodils in bloom. A bird white bird with black face and blue head sits on a thin branch that is coming down from the upper left section of the fan. 
Giuseppe Castiglione
Bird on a Bamboo Branch
ink on paper
9 1/16 in x 24 3/16 in (23.02 cm x 61.44 cm)
Gift of Mr. Alfred L. Aydelott

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