Two Dragons (in Clouds)

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Two Dragons (in Clouds)

1885

Kano Hōgai (Japanese, 1828–1888)

Educator and collector Ernest Fenollosa installed this monumental painting by Kano Hōgai in his home in Tokyo, where it held pride of place. The artist’s highly naturalistic rendering of intertwined dragons reflects a fusion of East and West. While the subject of dragons dates back to ancient China, the three-dimensionality and foreshortening of the animals’ forms reflect Hōgai’s familiarity with the Western use of perspective.

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Object Details

Title:

Two Dragons (in Clouds)

Date:

1885

Artist:

Kano Hōgai (Japanese, 1828–1888)

Medium:

Ink on paper, framed

Dimensions:

Image: 35 1/2 × 53 1/4 inches (90.2 × 135.3 cm) Framed: 56 x 83 5/8 inches (142.2 x 212.4 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Moncure Biddle in memory of her father, Ernest F. Fenollosa, 1940

Accession Number:

1940-41-1

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Reign: Meiji Emperor (1868-1912)

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