Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch / Kanô Gyokuraku

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Accession Number
1968/2.54
Title
Sparrow on a Bamboo Branch
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.
Primary Keywords
bamboo
birds
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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 28, 2024.
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