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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 17th century
- Media categories
- Scroll , Painting
- Materials used
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 115.0 x 54.0 cm image; 211.5 x 67.7 x 73.0 cm scroll
- Signature & date
Signed l.centre., in Japanese, inscribed in ink "Soga Chokuan [artist's seal]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Graham E. Fraser 1998
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6.1998
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Soga Nichokuan
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About
Nichokuan was the second (ni) generation Chokuan. His father Soga Chokuan worked in the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century (Momoyama period). Little is known about the lives of either the father or son, but their paintings were much praised.
Nichokuan was famous for his 'birds and flowers' paintings, especially of hawks. Despite the rather poor condition, the painting has retained its crisp and lively quality, and is a fine example of the subject. The paintings of the Momoyama period express strength and glory: the fighting spirit of the warriors. This mainstream masculine culture continued into much of the seventeenth century until the established Shogunate system dissipated the threat of war.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Paintings of the Edo Period, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1972–1972
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Paintings of the Edo period, Meadow Brook, 1972. cat.no. 5
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