TL42570.7: Phoenix Immortal Flower

Identification and Creation

Object Number

TL42570.7

People

Tachihara Kyōsho 立原杏所, Japanese (Mito 1785 - 1840)

Title

Phoenix Immortal Flower

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

fan, painting

Date

19th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/340501

Location

Location

Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts

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Physical Descriptions

Medium

Folding fan; ink and color on paper.

Dimensions

opened, max.: H. 29.2 × W. 46.5 cm (11 1/2 × 18 5/16 in.)
paper: H. 16.3 × W. 46.5 cm (6 7/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• signature: 杏所外史 [Kyōsho Gaishi]
• seal: upper; rectangular, intaglio: 立原任印 [Tachihara Nin in]
• seal: lower; rectangular, relief: 杏所 [Kyōsho]
• inscription: 香紅嫩綠正開時 冷蝶饑蜂兩不知
  
  
  
  ’Tis the season of bloom for her fragrant red and tender green,
  Both cold butterflies and starving bees fail to understand
  
  [first half of a two-couplet verse by Tang dynasty poet Wu Renbi (d. 901)]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg

Object Number

TL42570.7

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024

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