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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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
39089
label
Calligraphy
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39089
sourceUrl
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)
citationUrl
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