Minneapolis Institute of Art

Draft panel in standard script

Attributed to Kimura Kenkadō

Date: second half 18th century
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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. Japan, Asia

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