Mount Fuji with Dragon

Gallery 342, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

Mount Fuji with Dragon

c. 1867

Painting by Kishi Chikudō (Japanese, 1826–1897) Calligraphy by Ōtagaki Rengetsu (Japanese, 1791–1875)

Known as the patron saint of the arts during her lifetime, the poetess and calligrapher Otagaki Rengetsu titled this thirty-one syllable poem “Yoeru Yama no Iwaie” (“Celebrating the Mountain”). Dragons frequently appear in depictions of Mount Fuji as a symbol of felicity and as a reference to the deity that legend says resides in the mountain.

Gallery 342, Asian Art, third floor

Object Details

Titles:

Mount Fuji with Dragon

Date:

c. 1867

Artists:

Painting by Kishi Chikudō (Japanese, 1826–1897) Calligraphy by Ōtagaki Rengetsu (Japanese, 1791–1875)

Medium:

Ink, colors, and gold wash on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll

Dimensions:

Image: 38 3/8 × 13 5/8 inches (97.5 × 34.6 cm) Mount: 71 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (181.6 × 46.4 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the J. Stogdell Stokes Fund, 1988

Accession Number:

1988-84-1

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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Gallery 342, Asian Art, third floor

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