Nakahara Nantenbo
Enso with a poem ‘If that moon falls, I will give it to you. Now try to take it’
(1922) {/(1923)}

Medium
ink on paper

Measurements
32.9 × 58.6 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Lillian Ernestine Lobb Bequest, 2003

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Inscription
stamped in red ink in relief (in Japanese characters) u.r.: Nantenbo
stamped in red ink in relief (in Japanese characters) u.l.: Hakuga: kutsu
stamped in red ink (in Japanese characters) c.l.: Toshu
inscribed in brush and ink (in Japanese characters) c.: (84 years old man Nantenbo)

Accession Number
2003.268

Department
Asian Art

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Nakahara Nantenbo
Enso with a poem ‘If that moon falls, I will give it to you. Now try to take it’
(1922) {/(1923)}