Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 825,000+ artworks, 75,000+ artists, and 750+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Turtle Blowing Out Butterflies by Tani Bunchô — VisualArtsDB

Turtle Blowing Out Butterflies

Turtle Blowing Out Butterflies

Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 41 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (105.57 × 31.75 cm) (image) 79 5/16 × 18 3/16 in. (201.45 × 46.2 cm) (mount, without roller)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tags

Japan

More by Tani Bunchô

Collection of Japanese
Paintings

Collection of Japanese Paintings

Tani Bunchô, 1809

Book of Pictures by Shazanrō (Shazanrō ehon 写山楼画本)

Book of Pictures by Shazanrō (Shazanrō ehon 写山楼画本)

Tani Bunchô, 1811

Illustrations of Japan's Famous Mountains (Nihon meizan zufu) in 3 Volumes

Illustrations of Japan's Famous Mountains (Nihon meizan zufu) in 3 Volumes

Tani Bunchô, 1804

Portrait of Zhu Xi

Portrait of Zhu Xi

Tani Bunchô, 1796

Peacocks and Peonies

Peacocks and Peonies

Tani Bunchô, 1810

Palace Landscape

Palace Landscape

Tani Bunchô, 1800

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Tani Bunchô, 1828

Shazanrō (Bunchō) Picture Book (Shazanrō ehon 寫山樓畫本)

Shazanrō (Bunchō) Picture Book (Shazanrō ehon 寫山樓畫本)

Tani Bunchô, 1817

Landscape with Waterfall

Landscape with Waterfall

Tani Bunchô, 1600

Seated Scholar in a Misty Landscape

Seated Scholar in a Misty Landscape

Tani Bunchô, 1826

Two Chinese Scholars

Two Chinese Scholars

Tani Bunchô, 1800

Quiet Residence in an Autumn Valley

Quiet Residence in an Autumn Valley

Tani Bunchô, 1821