Artist
Tomioka Tessai
(富岡鉄斎; 1836–1924)
Catalogue information
Meiji era, 1912
Pair of tanzaku; ink and light color on silk
Each tanzaku 36.2 x 6 cm (14 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Gift from Gordon Washburn, 1980
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 384 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
[Monkey with Catfish in Gourd]
Text
by Tessai
Lately there are many more men who have a monkey’s guile to stick a catfish into a gourd
Signature
Tessai
Seal
Tessai
[Pine and Cranes]
Signature
January 1912. 77-year-old Tessai
Seal
Tessai