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Autumn River
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About this work
Nukina Kaioku was one of the three great calligraphers of the final years of the Edo period (1615–1868), known as the "Three Brushes of the End of the Military Government (Bakumatsu Sanpitsu)."
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAutumn River, 1849. Nukina Kaioku (Japanese, 1778–1863). Leaf from a pair of albums; ink and light color on paper; sheet: 25.2 x 17.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom, 1972.117.1.11