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Title: One hundred turtles
Alternative Title: '百亀図
Creator: Seki, Nagatoshi, 1813-1877, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: 1860
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: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Signed "長年" (Nagatoshi) at upper right corner followed by one seal "Nagatoshi." Inscribed "安政庚申初夏日" "Ansei kōshin shoka no hi Nagatoshi" (1860, a summer day, Nagatoshi) at upper right corner preceding signature.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "The Japanese Journey: 'Traveling Images' of Edo Period Japan" curated by Catherine David, The Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA, June 4-September 28, 2002.
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 scroll painting; 112 x 49 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Late Edo
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2zx4s
CL1988.001
88-11-1
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Natural Landscapes
Animals
Turtles
Rocks
Water currents

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