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- Ganku
1749 or 1756–1838
born: Kanazawa, Japan ; active: Japan
- Meoto Iwa 夫婦岩 (The Wedded Rocks), late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
- Where object was made: Japan
- ink, color on paper (with box)
- Mount Dimensions: 165.8 x 42.8 cm
Mount Dimensions: 65 1/4 x 16 7/8 in - Gift of Jay Gates, Director, Spencer Museum of Art, 1984–1987
- Not on display
- 2012.0599
- Ganku
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Multimedia
- Description
- Inscriptions/Signature
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The scroll depicts Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks), located off the beach near Futami Okitama Shrine. The two rocks are connected by a rope rendered by ink washes. Inscriptions are written underneath the two rocks. In the distance, the sun is about to sink.