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Mount Horai, Island of Immortality
Mount Horai, Island of Immortality

Mount Horai, Island of Immortality

Date1864
Object number75.59
ProvenanceFranctional Interest Gift of Dr. and Mrs. R. Joseph Monsen of Seattle to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, December 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Transforming Traditions: Japanese and Korean Art since 1800", May 23, 2009 - February 21, 2010 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Sack Full of Tigers: Diffusion and Diversity in Japanese Painting of the 19th Century Diffusion and Diversity in Japanese Painting", December 6, 1997 - November 15, 1998 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Signs of Fortune, Symbols of Immortality", November 2, 2000 - July 25, 2001 Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee, "Art Works on Loan", Dec. 24, 1989 - January 5, 1990. (12/24/1989 - 01/05/1990) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)Published References"Selected Works." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 198
Credit LineGift of Dr. R. Joseph Monsen and Dr. Elaine R. Monsen
DimensionsOverall (incl. endknobs): 96 7/16 × 48 1/8 in. (245 × 122.2 cm) Image: 74 9/16 × 34 3/4 in. (189.4 × 88.3 cm)
MediumInk and color on silk
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Tsuji Kako
late 1910s
Object number: 2010.41.80
Photo: Spike Mafford
Japanese
16th century
Object number: 33.1693
Photo by Beth Mann
early 20th century
Object number: 2006.29
Photo by Beth Mann
early 20th century
Object number: 2006.30
Nakakuni Delivering an Imperial Request
Tsuji Kako
ca. 1901
Object number: 2010.41.28
Photo: Scott Leen
Object number: 2023.11.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Xiao Haishan
ca. 1450
Object number: 33.1676
Photo: Spike Mafford
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 33.1691
Photo: Beth Mann
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 33.1730
Photo: Spike Mafford
Japanese
1636-1713
Object number: 33.1844
Photo: Paul Macapia
Japanese
ca. 1360
Object number: 49.92
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
late 14th century
Object number: 92.8