The Burke Collection
Crane in a Plum Grove
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204-1

Artist

Yamamoto Kōitsu

(山本光一; fl. late 19th century)

Catalogue information

Meiji period

Framed album piece; ink and color on silk

11.7 x 10.3 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.)

Gift from Kōichi Yanagi, 2003

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

D204-1
D204-1

Text

by Kōitsu

In the temple Tōfukuji is a painting by Tōgan entitled Bamboo and Crane, which has been widely admired. I happened to have a chance to make a sketch of it, substituting plum branches [for bamboo].

Signature

Seisei Kōitsu

Seal

Illegible