Great Waves Below the Rising Moon
Artist
Unknown
Artist After
Kano Tan'yū
(Japanese, 1602 - 1674)
DateEdo period (1615-1868)
MediumHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 23 inches (25.4 × 58.42 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/32
Signedl.r.: "Tanyû hitsu"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionBillowing wave painted rapidly to effect streaking with the effect of a vigorously foaming crest achieved by jabs of ink, spread or brushed flat, unevenly. A pale partial moon, rendered in reserve, rises above.
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David Plowden
1955; printed 2014
2014.36.79
