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This Morning's Autumn (left)

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Pair of six-panel folding screens painted by Nihonga painter Watanabe Kōkan (1877-1938) depicting a woodswoman (Oharame) tying her headscarf in front of a mill as she prepares for work on an early autumn morning. Exhibited at the 1918 Bunten exhibition.
Department of Asian Art Private Collection Japan (1918-2016) sold. [Art market Kyoto (2016-2017)] sold; to [Erik Thomsen Gallery New York 2017)] sold; to Harvard Art Museums 2017. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
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Title: This Morning's Autumn (left)
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Pair of six-panel folding screens painted by Nihonga painter Watanabe Kōkan (1877-1938) depicting a woodswoman (Oharame) tying her headscarf in front of a mill as she prepares for work on an early autumn morning.
Exhibited at the 1918 Bunten exhibition.

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