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Title: Light sails in the dawn
Date Created and/or Issued: [17--]
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Two-line inscription "暁懸軽帆" (light sails in the dawn) with signature "佐貞吉" and two seals at upper right corner.
Medium: Ink on mica paper
Biography/History: Artist also known as 佐竹噲々
Acquisition: Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection; On long-term loan to the Lee Institute
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 fan painting, 17 x 47 cm.
Form/Genre: fan paintings
Middle Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb0489n9pc
ucm_li_AS153
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Boats and boating
landscapes (representations)

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