The Burke Collection
Crane in a Plum Grove
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Artist

Yamamoto Kōitsu

(山本光一; fl. late 19th century)

Catalogue information

Meiji period

Framed album piece; ink and color on silk

11.7 x 10.3 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.)

Gift from Kōichi Yanagi, 2003

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

Text

by Kōitsu

In the temple Tōfukuji is a painting by Tōgan entitled Bamboo and Crane, which has been widely admired. I happened to have a chance to make a sketch of it, substituting plum branches [for bamboo].

Signature

Seisei Kōitsu

Seal

Illegible