Late Edo Period (19th c.)／Color on silk, four sliding doors
168.8 x 68.5 cm (each)
SUMMARY
Bush clovers and the moon can be said to represent autumn well. The red and white clovers growing from the left and right are arranged diagonally with gentle movement. The clusters of flowers and leaves are expressed using a technique which makes gradients of color without drawing outlines, with gold paint applied to the veins of the leaves. The color of the leaves changes beneath the moon, and moonlight is produced by applying silver paint to the silk background. This commitment to detail of Kiitsu’s, while bringing about a moderate feeling of tension to the painting, creates the beautiful and elegant dignity peculiar to the Edo Rimpa school.
ARTIST
Suzuki Kiitsu
1796-1858
Born in Edo, name Motonaga. At 18 years old, he became an apprentice to Sakai Hoitsu, and after the death of Hoitsu’s apprentice Suzuki Reitan, married Reitain’s sister Riyo. He became a retainer of the Sakai family. Hoitsu had great confidence in Kiitsu, and often entrusted him with painting in his stead. Faithfully inheriting his teacher’s style, he then pursued his own style after his teacher’s death. He specialized in paintings of flowers and birds, and established a new kind of Rimpa-style expression with his sharp senses in drawing from nature, backed by observation of the natural world. He also left behind pieces such as e-byoso (a kind of trick painting in which the mounting itself was painted on). He died at 63.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION
Friday, September 17 - Sunday, October 17, 2021
Masterpieces of Japanese-style Painting from the Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tendo City Museum of Art (Yamagata, Japan)
Saturday, November 2 - Sunday, December 22, 2019
“Rendez-vous” through Arts―East Meets West― Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi (Osaka, Japan)
Sunday, August 25 - Sunday, September 29, 2019
This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, 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)
Tuesday, January 3 - Sunday, February 19, 2017
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Hosomi Museum (Kyoto, Japan)
Saturday, November 12 - Sunday, December 25, 2016
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan)
Saturday, September 10 - Sunday, October 30, 2016
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
Saturday, October 12 - Sunday, November 24, 2013
The Quintessence of Edo Period Painting Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yo culture (Nara, Japan)
Monday, October 10 - Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sakai Hoitsu Chiba City Museum of Art (Chiba, Japan)
Tuesday, August 30 - Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sakai Hoitsu Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan)
Tuesday, October 7 - Sunday, November 16, 2008
Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Ogata Korin’s Birth: Treasures by Rinpa Masters – Inheritance and Innovation Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Thursday, August 24 - Sunday, November 19, 2006
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)
Saturday, August 21 - Sunday, October 3, 2004
RIMPA The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Saturday, February 8 - Monday, May 5, 2003
In Harmony with Nature: The Japanese Aesthetic and Way of Life Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Saturday, October 5 - Monday, November 4, 2002
Art of the West & Art of Japan Exhibition: Monet, Renoir, Cezanne… Ikeno Taiga, Tani Buncho, and Others Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan)
Wednesday, September 17 - Sunday, October 19, 1997
Treasures of Japanese Art in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Amity of Japan and Chile National Museum of Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, May 22, 1994
Special Exhibition: Inheritance of Art by Rinpa Masters—Sotatsu, Korin, Hoitsu, and Kiitsu Nagoya City Museum (Aichi, Japan)
Friday, February 4 - Sunday, March 27, 1994
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shatin, Hong Kong, China)
Sunday, January 26 - Sunday, March 22, 1992
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Kunstlerhaus (Vienna, Austria)
Thursday, February 22 - Sunday, April 1, 1990
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Sao Paulo Art Museum (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Monday, May 29 - Sunday, July 23, 1989
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Taplow Court Oriental Gallery (Taplow Court, UK)
Tuesday, May 3 - Wednesday, August 24, 1988
Eternal Treasures of Japan: Japanese Art Collection from the TFAM Collection Institute of France, Jacquemart-Andre Museum (Paris, France)
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