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Fans of the Twelve Months

Sakai Hoshuku (Japanese, 1878-1956) (Painter)

1907 (Meiji)

ink and colors on silk
(Japan and Korea )

In the Rimpa school of Japanese painting, a common subject was decoratively arranged fans. Hoshuku added individual twists to a formula perfected by Hoitsu (1761-1828), an artist four generations behind him in a lineage of master and pupil.

One of a pair with 35.151.

Inscription

[Date] early summer of Meiji year 40; [Signature] On right scroll: Hoshuku; [Seal] On right scroll: Koreitsu

Provenance

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Mami Yasukochi, Tokyo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.

Exhibitions

2010	Japanese Cloisonne Enamels from the Stephen W. Fisher Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/16/2003	Examination	examined for exhibition
1/7/2009	Examination	examined for exhibition
1/6/2010	Examination	examined for condition

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Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Painting H: 46 x W: 19 1/4 in. (116.8 x 48.9 cm); Mounting H: 80 x W: 24 3/4 in. (203.2 x 62.87 cm)

Credit Line

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

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

35.150

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