Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch / Kanô Gyokuraku
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1968/2.54
- Title
- Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch
- Artist
- Kanô Gyokuraku
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1550 - 1590
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll: ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Kano School, bird and flower
- Inscription
- Seal at lower left corner
- Dimensions
- 29.53 cm x 35.24 cm (11 5/8 in. x 13 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- A plump sparrow is perching on a bamboo branch, which is bending from the main branch on the left side of the painting. The bamboo has young and mature leaves. The background is left as blank. The mounting is made of creamy silk brocade with blue green silk brocade strips. Brown brocade pieces are pasted on the top and the bottom of the mounting. There is a seal in red ink on the left corner. Wrinkles on the top and right lower side of the bid; some smaller worm holes and one large hole underneath the bird, but all repaired.
- Subject Matter
- The combination of a bird and bamboo here is a favored subject matter in Japanese ink painting called "bird and flower" painting ("kachôga"). Painters of Kanô school (official painting school of the samurai class in Momoyama and Edo periods) executed many paintings in this category.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- plant material
- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 943 x 999
- File Size
- 70 KB
- Record
- 1968/2.54
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"Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch; Kanô Gyokuraku." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.54/1968_2.54.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 30, 2024.