Scholars in a Thathed Hut Under an Old Tree / Tanomura Chokunyû

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Accession Number: 1986/1.162
Title: Scholars in a Thathed Hut Under an Old Tree
Artist: Tanomura Chokunyû
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1814-1907
Medium and Support: album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Style/Group/Movement: literati
Inscription: Inscription, signature and seal of the artist:; Inscription and signature of the artist:; (The ancient tree reaches a height of a thousand feet, its branches trail among the clouds. … The woodcutter Chokunyû.); Two seals of the artist
Period: Japan, Meiji Era (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 20.1 cm x 18.3 cm (7 15/16 in. x 7 3/16 in.)
Century: late 18th-early 19th century
Primary Keywords: autumn; calligraphy; figures; figures in landscape; gates; hills; landscapes; mountains; rivers; thatched; trees
Secondary Keywords: architecture; atmospheric effects; geography; huts; people and occupations; plants; seasons; text-based art; the natural world; trails
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 731 x 1105
File Size: 110 KB
Record: 1986/1.162
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-1.162/1986_1.162.jpg

In public portfolios: Home (131); Ink and realisms (392); Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868 (500); Landscape and nature - comparative and historical (353)

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Full citation: "Scholars in a Thathed Hut Under an Old Tree; Tanomura Chokunyû." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-1.162/1986_1.162.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.