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Sliding Door with Design of Moon with Bush Clovers Sliding Door with Design of Moon with Bush Clovers

Late Edo Period (19th c.)/Color on silk, four sliding doors

168.8 x 68.5 cm (each)

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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

Exhibiton history

9 17, 2021 (Fri.)~10 17 (Sun.)

Masterpieces of Japanese-style Painting from the Collection of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tendo City Museum of Art (Yamagata, Japan)

11 2, 2019 (Sat.)~12 22 (Sun.)

“Rendez-vous” through Arts―East Meets West― Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi (Osaka, Japan)

8 25, 2019 (Sun.)~9 29 (Sun.)

This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

3 24, 2018 (Sat.)~5 27 (Sun.)

OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)

7 28, 2017 (Fri.)~8 26 (Sat.)

Edo Period Paintings 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan)

1 3, 2017 (Tue.)~2 19 (Sun.)

Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Hosomi Museum (Kyoto, Japan)

11 12, 2016 (Sat.)~12 25 (Sun.)

Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan)

9 10, 2016 (Sat.)~10 30 (Sun.)

Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)

10 12, 2013 (Sat.)~11 24 (Sun.)

The Quintessence of Edo Period Painting Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yo culture (Nara, Japan)

10 10, 2011 (Mon.)~11 13 (Sun.)

Sakai Hoitsu Chiba City Museum of Art (Chiba, Japan)

8 30, 2011 (Tue.)~10 2 (Sun.)

Sakai Hoitsu Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan)

10 7, 2008 (Tue.)~11 16 (Sun.)

Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Ogata Korin’s Birth: Treasures by Rinpa Masters – Inheritance and Innovation Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

8 24, 2006 (Thu.)~11 19 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)

8 21, 2004 (Sat.)~10 3 (Sun.)

RIMPA The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

2 8, 2003 (Sat.)~5 5 (Mon.)

In Harmony with Nature: The Japanese Aesthetic and Way of Life Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

10 5, 2002 (Sat.)~11 4 (Mon.)

Art of the West & Art of Japan Exhibition: Monet, Renoir, Cezanne… Ikeno Taiga, Tani Buncho, and Others Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan)

9 17, 1997 (Wed.)~10 19 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Amity of Japan and Chile National Museum of Chile (Santiago, Chile)

4 23, 1994 (Sat.)~5 22 (Sun.)

Special Exhibition: Inheritance of Art by Rinpa Masters—Sotatsu, Korin, Hoitsu, and Kiitsu Nagoya City Museum (Aichi, Japan)

2 4, 1994 (Fri.)~3 27 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Art Gallery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shatin, Hong Kong, China)

1 26, 1992 (Sun.)~3 22 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Kunstlerhaus (Vienna, Austria)

2 22, 1990 (Thu.)~4 1 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Sao Paulo Art Museum (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

5 29, 1989 (Mon.)~7 23 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Taplow Court Oriental Gallery (Taplow Court, UK)

5 3, 1988 (Tue.)~8 24 (Wed.)

Eternal Treasures of Japan: Japanese Art Collection from the TFAM Collection Institute of France, Jacquemart-Andre Museum (Paris, France)

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