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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture; formerly given to the Center by Elizabeth and Willard Clarkexpand_more 2013.29.680
Kimura Kenkadō was a scholar of natural sciences, painter, and calligrapher. Originally from a family of sake brewers, he had to leave this business at age 55 when he was accused of excessive alcohol production. He was very famous as a collector of objects d’art including specimens from fauna and flora and a central figure in the literati world.
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