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Tomioka Tessai

1837–1924 · Japanese

Born
1837 · Sanjō Street
Died
1924 · Muromachi Street

4 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Tomioka Tessai, pseudonym for Yusuke (later Hyakuren), was a painter and calligrapher in imperial Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the Bunjinga tradition and one of the first major artists of the Nihonga style.

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Tomioka Tessai (富岡 鉄斎; 25 January 1836 or 27 January 1837 – 31 December 1924) was the pseudonym for a painter and calligrapher in imperial Japan. He is regarded as the last major artist in the Bunjinga tradition and one of the first major artists of the Nihonga style. His real name was Yusuke, which he later changed to Hyakuren.

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Selected from 4 works by Tomioka Tessai in the Collect24 Registry.

Tomioka Tessai, Life of Reclusion in the Mountains

Tomioka Tessai

Life of Reclusion in the Mountains, 1916

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

139.5 × 42 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-131781

Tomioka Tessai, Kannon at Mount Potalaka, inscribed with the Heart Sutra

Tomioka Tessai

Kannon at Mount Potalaka, inscribed with the Heart Sutra, 1914

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

131.5 × 41 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-131759

Tomioka Tessai, Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans

Tomioka Tessai

Scene Inspired by the Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans, 1890s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin

67.6 × 59 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-122698

Tomioka Tessai, Sake Party with No Light

Tomioka Tessai

Sake Party with No Light, late 1800s–early 1900s

hanging scroll; ink on paper

23.5 × 33.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-116222

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