The Burke Collection
Two Cranes
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429-1

Artist

Itō Jakuchū

(伊藤若冲; 1716–1800)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 1795

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

140.8 x 79.4 cm (55 3/8 x 31 1/4 in.)

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

Literature

Kyoto National Museum 2000
Kyoto National Museum
2000
Jakuchū: Tokubetsu tenrankai botsugo 200-nen; Bunkazai hogohō 50-nen kinen jigyō (Jakuchū: Special exhibition; The 200th anniversary of Jakuchū’s death). Exh. cat. Kyoto: Kyoto National Museum.

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Murase 2000, no. 120
Murase, Miyeko
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 100.
Tsuji Nobuo et al.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.

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Additional details

D429-1
D429-1

Signature

Painted by Beito-ō at age 83

Seals

Tō Jokin in; Jakuchū koji