Tortoises, from a pair of six-fold screens
On View In:
Gallery 251
Artist:   Komai Genki  
Title:   Tortoises, from a pair of six-fold screens  
Date:   c. 1780  
Medium:   Ink and colors on paper  
Dimensions:   65 7/16 x 141 9/16 in. (166.21 x 359.57 cm) (image) 72 3/8 x 148 9/16 in. (183.83 x 377.35 cm)  
Credit Line:   The John Cowles Family Fund  
Location:   Gallery 251  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Genki, Komai  
Nationality:   Japanese  
Life Dates:   Japanese, Shijō, 1747 - 1797  
 

Object Description  
  
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Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   eleven turtles, swimming and sunning on the shore and on rocks; rocks in the water at R; pine saplings and vines with white flowers at L  
Creation Place:   Asia, Japan, , ,  
Accession #:   2007.42.2  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts