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Four Japanese painted cedar doors

K G Hidenobu, 1677

Sliding panel doors - fusuma - painted on both sides with festival scenes. They are said to have been taken from the Imperial palace outside Kyoto circa 1908 where 4 similiar doors remain in situ. Cedar wood was employed at this time instead of ordinary painted paper panels of the fusuma for doors giving on to the veranda.

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Title of artwork, date

Four Japanese painted cedar doors, 1677

Date supported

1958

Medium and material

Painted cedar

Dimensions

173 x 94 cm

Grant

750

Total cost

1500

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