Reading 

In 1903, when the World Exposition was held in Paris, the painter Asai Chū was sent to France by the Ministry of Education to study Western painting for two years. He painted [Reading] in the year he returned to Japan.

Cultural property designation

Quantity

Artist

By Asai Chū (1856–1907)

Period/Century

Meiji era, 1902

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Oil on canvas

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Gift of Mr. Takano Tokiji

Collection reference no.

A-12037

Genre

Painting

Category

Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Modern paintings