Melons

瓜図

Formerly attributed to: Yamada Dôan (Japanese, active 16th century)

Japanese

Edo period

18th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique One from a set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper

Dimensions 47.3 x 30.7 cm (18 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz

Accession Number06.1913

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VI (Ink ptg.), no. 45 (3)

ProvenanceBought by Okakura Kakuzo for the Museum in Japan, 1906, together with 06.1912 and 06.1898, for 600 yen.