Peonies and Rock / Kumashiro Yûhi
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.59
- Title
- Peonies and Rock
- Artist
- Kumashiro Yûhi
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Nagasaki, 1713? - 1772)
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750-1772
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund
- Style/Group/Movement
- Nagasaki School
- Inscription
- Inscription and signature of the artist:
- Picture wishing eternal wealth and honor. Old Mr. Rokkei painted at the Gate of Spring Pavilion. Shuko. (Manen fuki zushuku Rokkei Rosensei sha o Manshuntei Shuko.)
- Four seals of artist: Yuhi, Shuko. 2 illegible seals.
- Dimensions
- 131.8 cm x 60.3 cm (51 7/8 in. x 23 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- flowers
- Physical Description
- Peonies in full bloom grow as if from a rock or tree stump. A calligraphic inscription is on the left side.
- Subject Matter
- In 1731, Yûhi had the chance to study with a Chinese artist, when Shen Nanpin (ca. 1682–after 1733) arrived in Nagasaki for a stay of nearly two years. Nanpin specialized in bird-and-flower painting, of which this painting is similar in style.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 979 x 1487
- File Size
- 114 KB
- Record
- 1978/2.59
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.59/1978_2.59.jpg
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"Peonies and Rock; Kumashiro Yûhi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.59/1978_2.59.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
