The Burke Collection
God Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and Goddess Izanami (伊弉冉尊)
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241-1

Artist

Nishikawa Sukenobu

(西川祐信; 1671–1751 )

Catalogue information

Edo period

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

38.1 x 57 cm (15 x 22 1/2 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Ex Coll.: Frank E. Hart

Literature

Edwards 1997, p. 32
Edwards, Walter
1997
“Japan’s New Past.” Archaeology 50, no. 2 (March/April): 32–42.

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;
Ronnberg and Martin 2010, p. 72, fig. 2
Ronnberg, Ami, and Kathleen Martin
2010
The Book of Symbols. The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism. Cologne: Taschen.

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;
Yamamoto Yukari 2010, p. 2, pl. 1.
Yamamoto Yukari
2010
Kamigata fūzokuga no kenkyū: Nishikawa Sukenobu, Tsukioka Settei o chūshin ni (A study of genre painting in the Kyoto area: With a focus on Nishikawa Sukenobu and Tsukioka Settei). Tokyo: Geika Shoin.

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See also

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 241 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.

Additional details

D241-1
D241-1

Signature

Painted by Nishikawa Ukyō Sukenobu

Seals

Nishikawashi; Sukenobu painted this