Minneapolis Institute of Art
Family of Cranes
Watanabe ShōkaLinkedCulture matchlcp-88b45a4faf7e
- Date
- second half 19th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 122226
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
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. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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