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Source Description

The characters mean, "Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character." Such a saying is Chinese Confucian in character, and Beian has written it in ancient Chinese clerical script.

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Document identity
localId
39089
label
Calligraphy
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39089
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Calligraphy
description
The characters mean, "Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character." Such a saying is Chinese Confucian in character, and Beian has written it in ancient Chinese clerical script.
provenance
Mami Yasukochi, Tokyo; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1990, by purchase.
date
mid 19th century (Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
193.5
height
44
dimensionsRaw
H: 76 3/16 x W: 17 5/16 in. (193.5 x 44 cm); Rod L: 20 1/16 in. (51 cm); Image H: 12 5/16 x W: 51 1/4 in. (31.2 x 130.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Beian Sangai; [Seal] Two seals below signature: Ichikawa Sangai-in and Ekito-jin; [Seal] In upper right: Beian; [Translation] Happiness is a long life of fortune and upright character
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
3837
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4c1bbe53ba0626f1