Family of Cranes, second half 19th century
Watanabe Shōkaexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.152
Not on Viewexpand_more
In addition to their role as symbols of longevity and vehicles for immortals, cranes, which mate for life, are also emblematic of familial loyalty. In this autumnal scene, a family of cranes gathers near parched reeds and reddening ivy.
The painter, Watanabe Shōka, was born in Edo to the important painter and scholar Watanabe Kazan (1793–1841). After Kazan’s politically motivated suicide, the young Shōka took as his teacher his father’s leading pupil, the literati painter Tsubaki Chinzan (1801–1854), whose influence is apparent here.
Details
- Title
- Family of Cranes
- Artist Life
- 1835 - 1887
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.152
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 378
- Curator Approved
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