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Source Description
The famous Kyoto artist Maruyama Okyo was well known for his true-to-life paintings. It was said that his flower paintings were so real that bees tried to pollinate them. Another story, illustrated by this print, tells of the time Okyo painted a ghost so "realistically" that it came to life and frightened him.
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Document identity
localId
32308
label
Yoshitoshi ryakuga
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
32308
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Yoshitoshi ryakuga
description
The famous Kyoto artist Maruyama Okyo was well known for his true-to-life paintings. It was said that his flower paintings were so real that bees tried to pollinate them. Another story, illustrated by this print, tells of the time Okyo painted a ghost so "realistically" that it came to life and frightened him.
provenance
Mr. Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1882 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.8
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.78 x 24.13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Yoshitoshi giga; [Translation] Yoshitoshi drew for fun
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14896
4514
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4f65bc40cf968efa