Utsusemi (A Molted Cicada Shell)

Kano Takanobu, Japanese, 1571 - 1618

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late 16th - early 17th century, Momoyama Period

Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper

Overall: 64 1/2 × 150 in. (163.8 × 381 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

2024.81.4

Portfolio / Series Title

Chapter 3 from The Tale of Genji

Geography

Place Made: Japan, Asia

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Asia

Painting

Not on view

Course History

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2023

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023

Exhibition History

Mystic Peak: Selections from the Bernstein Collection of Japanese Art, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection, Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 21, 2021–January 30, 2022.

Publication History

John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, fig. 5.9, p.69. detail p.60, listed p.100.

Published References

Kyoto National Museum, "Kano Painters of the Momoyama Period: Eitoko's Legacy," April 7- May 17, 2015, Cat.# 54

Provenance

Kokon, Inc. (Koichi Yanagi) until 2004; sold to Bernstein Collection

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