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Hanabusa Itchō

Japanese, 1652

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Hanabusa Itchō was a Japanese painter born in Osaka, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names.

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Artworks (7)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Crane Standing Beneath Pine Tree (obverse); Morning Glory and Inscription (reverse)

1800 · Metal and lacquer, dark silver metal, incised, roiro, gold hiramakie, raden, aogai; Interior: fundame, four boxes

4 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in. (10.4 x 4 x 2.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Taking Shelter from the Rain

1700 · Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper

Image: 37 1/16 in. × 10 ft. 2 1/8 in. (94.1 × 310.2 cm) Overall: 47 5/8 in. × 10 ft. 3 11/16 in. (121 × 314.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bugaku Dances (front); Chinese Lions (reverse)

1700 · Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper

Image: 65 1/8 in. × 14 ft. 2 5/8 in. (165.4 × 433.4 cm) Overall: 72 3/16 in. × 14 ft. 7 3/8 in. (183.3 × 445.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys Trying to get Persimmons with Stick (obverse); Hawk in Persimmon Tree (reverse)

1700 · Lacquer, roiro, gold, silver, brown and red hiramakie, various inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame

4 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in. (10.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jizō Bosatsu

1667 · Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold paint on paper

Overall with mounting: 57 1/4 × 15 7/16 in. (145.4 × 39.2 cm) Image: 25 in. × 10 5/8 in. (63.5 × 27 cm) Overall with knobs: 57 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (145.4 × 43.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daoist Immortal

1615 · hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Overall: 38.2 x 51.2 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch of a Priest

1610 · Ink on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Daoist Immortal
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