Calligraphy

Description Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The characters mean, "Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character." Such a saying is Chinese Confucian in character, and Beian has written it in ancient Chinese clerical script.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/01/1993	Examination	examined for exhibition
6/01/1996	Examination	examined for condition

Provenance Mami Yasukochi, Tokyo; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1990, by purchase.

Inscriptions [Signature] Beian Sangai; [Seal] Two seals below signature: Ichikawa Sangai-in and Ekito-jin; [Seal] In upper right: Beian; [Translation] Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ambassador and Mrs. William J. Sebald Fund, 1990

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Creator

Ichikawa Beian (Japanese, 1779-1858) (Artist)

Period

mid 19th century (Edo)

Medium

ink on paper
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

35.149

Measurements

H: 76 3/16 x W: 17 5/16 in. (193.5 x 44 cm); Rod L: 20 1/16 in. (51 cm); Image H: 12 5/16 x W: 51 1/4 in. (31.2 x 130.2 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View