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This Morning's Autumn (left), Watanabe Kōkan 渡辺公観, 1918 (Taishō 7)
Watanabe Kōkan 渡辺公観

This Morning's Autumn (left)

1918 (Taishō 7) · Painting

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Where is “This Morning's Autumn (left)” now? Harvard Art Museums, Gallery 2600, floor 2, East Asian Art, Cambridge. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

Room2600, floor 2, East Asian Art

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About the painting

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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2017.80.2

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PaintingsInkModernism20th century

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