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Deutzia Crenata

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Date unknown

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Tags

Dimensions

44 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (111.9 x 27.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Donald Keene, 2000

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Ōtagaki Rengetsu

1791–1875 • Japan

Important early female calligrapher in Japan, noted for elegance of brushwork. Also noted as a painter, potter, and a waka poet working in the traditional 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern.

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