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Fan Painting: Blue Iris
Fan Painting: Blue Iris

Fan Painting: Blue Iris

Date1615-1868
Maker Sakai Hoitsu Japanese, 1761-1828
Maker Rimpa School Japanese
Object number59.132
Exhibition HistoryNew Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans Museum of Art, Japanese Fan Paintings from Western Collections, May 25, 1985 - May 18, 1986 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle, July 16, 2001 - November 17, 2002 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 172
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (36.8 x 63.8cm)
MediumColor and gold on paper
Photo: Scott Leen
Sakai Hoitsu
ca. 1761-1828
Object number: 92.47.323.7
Photo: Spike Mafford
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Object number: 56.200.B
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Photo: Spike Mafford
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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