Wish Granting Jewel (Hoju)

Kamisaka Sekka

Showa period (1926-1989), 1930s

  • Titles Wish Granting Jewel (Hoju) (Proper)
  • Artist Kamisaka Sekka, Japanese, 1866 - 1942
  • Medium ink on paper
  • Dimensions image: 48 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (122.9 x 28.9 cm) scroll: 71 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (182.6 x 42.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Birmingham Museum of Art Friday Docents in honor of Carol Hall, AFI.22.2011
  • Work Type hanging scroll
  • Classification Paintings

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