Early Edo Period (17th c.)／Color on gold-leaf paper, pair of six-fold screens
72.3 x 214.6 cm (each)
SUMMARY
The left screen depicts wild chrysanthemum varieties such as white chrysanthemums alongside starshine, Chinese bellflowers, yellow patrina, bush clover, silvergrass, heavenly bamboo and spearflower – all of which are plants that bloom in autumn and winter. The right screen shows dandelions, poppies, Japanese thistles, violets, azaleas, hydrangeas, horsetails and brackens – in other words, plants of spring and summer. Each plant is positioned upon the gold base which is used in full with no depiction the ground, a technique that was perfected by the Rinpa school. The plants and flowers, their details carefully depicted, retain a great sense of life.
ARTIST
Attributed to Tawaraya Sosetsu
Date of birth/death unknown
A painter from the first half of the Edo era. Some believe that Tawaraya Sosetsu was a son or a student of Tawaraya Sotatsu, based on his claim to the Tawaraya name. Although he used the same Inen seal as Sotatsu, this theory remains unconfirmed. Regardless, Sosetsu is thought to have been one of the most important painters in Sotatsu’s studio. He became a Hokkyo (the third highest rank for Buddhist priests) by 1642, and later served the Kaga-Maeda family. His major works include Akikusazu (“Autumn Plants”), Ryukozu (“Dragon and Tiger”), and Folding screens of Gunkakuzu (“Flock of Cranes”) among others.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION
Friday, October 8 - Sunday, November 14, 2021
From the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection: “THIS IS JAPAN” Eternal Japanese Art Oita Art Museum (Oita, Japan)
Wednesday, April 8 - Sunday, June 28, 2020
Japanese People and Nature -Noh and Japanese Art- National Noh Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)
Saturday, November 2 - Sunday, December 22, 2019
“Rendez-vous” through Arts―East Meets West― Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi (Osaka, Japan)
Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
Friday, July 28 - Saturday, August 26, 2017
Edo Period Paintings 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan)
Saturday, October 12 - Sunday, November 24, 2013
The Quintessence of Edo Period Painting Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yo culture (Nara, Japan)
Thursday, June 19 - Sunday, August 24, 2008
Eternal Treasures of Japan: The Art of the Samurai National Museum of the Cultural Complex of the Republic (Brasilia, Brazil)
Thursday, August 24 - Sunday, November 19, 2006
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)
Tuesday, October 8 - Sunday, November 17, 1996
Elegance and Brilliance in Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Collection of Fuji Art Museum Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art (Hokkaido, Japan)
Saturday, March 3 - Tuesday, April 10, 1990
Eternal Treasures of Japanese Culture: Beauty and Spirit of Japan National Museum of Fine Arts (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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