浦上玉堂筆 「野橋抱琴図」, On a Rustic Bridge, Carrying a Zither (Yakyō hōkin zu), Edo period (1615–1868), 1814, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 50 1/4 × 21 5/16 in. (127.7 × 54.2 cm), Paintings, Uragami Gyokudō (Japanese, 1745–1820), An elderly man with a servant carrying a zither (Chinese: qin; Japanese: koto) on his back traverses a bridge toward an awaiting acquaintance. Characteristic of Uragami Gyokudō’s later works, from his sixties and early seventies, the painting at first glance seems uncontrolled; short twigs explode from trees like firecrackers and dry willow leaves burst forth in scratchy lines
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浦上玉堂筆 「野橋抱琴図」, Rustic Bridge, Carrying, Zither, Yakyō hōkin zu, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1814, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, paper, Image, 50 1/4, 21 5/16, 127.7, 54.2 cm, Paintings, Uragami Gyokudō, Japanese, 1745–1820, elderly, man, servant carrying, zither, Chinese, qin, koto, back traverses, bridge, awaiting acquaintance, Characteristic, later, works, sixties, early seventies, painting, first glance, seems, uncontrolled, short twigs, explode, trees, firecrackers, dry willow, leaves, burst, forth, scratchy lines
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