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Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji
Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is an unspecified painting by Okada Hankō. It dates from 1833 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Technique & Style
Created in 1833, Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is a landscape painting executed by Okada Hanko in Japan.
Created in 1833, Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is a landscape painting executed by Okada Hanko in Japan. The work is classified as a painting, indicating the use of traditional pigment-based media applied to a support surface, consistent with the landscape genre of the period. While the specific handling techniques and current physical condition are not detailed in the available records, the piece is recognized as a formal example of 19th-century Japanese landscape art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art currently holds the work in its collection.
History & Provenance
Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is an 1833 landscape painting by Okada Hanko. It entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on display. The work was created in Japan and is recorded with an inception date of 1833.
The painting was commissioned as a farewell gift to Tani Bunji and has been part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection since its acquisition.
Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work was created in 1833 in Japan. It has been on display in the museum’s galleries as part of exhibitions of Japanese paintings, though specific exhibition titles and dates are not detailed in the available records.
Overview
Created in 1833 by Edo‑period painter Okada Hankō, Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji is a modestly sized landscape executed in the Nanga, or literati, tradition. The work now belongs to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and exemplifies the refined brushwork and muted palette characteristic of Hankō’s mature output.
Subject & Meaning
The composition presents a tranquil scene of a solitary house set among trees, with a mist‑laden backdrop that suggests a quiet departure. A vertical inscription of Chinese characters in the upper left corner adds a literary dimension, hinting at the painting’s function as a parting gift for the scholar Tani Bunji.
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