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Rakan
Rakan

Rakan

Artist Shoun Genkei (Japanese, 1648 - 1710)
Date1691-1695; head modified in early 20th century
MediumBlack lacquered wood with traces of red paint and gilding with glass eyes
DimensionsOverall: 34 1/4 × 28 1/2 × 24 inches (87 × 72.39 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-75
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Provenance

Einosuke Yamanouchi, by May 1932;

Purchased from Yamanouchi, through Fukushima Co. and Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932 [1].

NOTES:

[1] Letter from Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins Advisor, to Sybil Brelsford, Secretary, William Rockhill Nelson Trust, May 16, 1932, Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 5, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.

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