浦上玉堂筆　「野橋抱琴図」

Uragami Gyokudō (1745-1820)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
1814
Height:
127.7 cm  (50 1/4 in.)
Width:
54.2 cm  (21 5/16 in.)
with mounting: 186 x 69.7 cm
Technique / Medium:
ink on paper
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

Additional titles

On a rustic bridge, carrying a zither
Yakyō hōkin zu

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 2015.300.177]

Description

In this hanging scroll painting of the Edo period, an elderly man with a servant carrying a zither (Chinese: qin; Japanese: koto) on his back traverses a bridge.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Qin [3684]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5099