Edo Period/Color on gold-leaf paper, two-fold screen
169.2 x 182.0 cm
SUMMARY
Extending its branches out elegantly, a plum tree with a few buds beginning to open rises diagonally across the gold base. This is an exquisitely designed piece. The plum tree is positioned so as to extend out of the top and bottom of the frame, so only a part of the trunk is shown, drawing the beauty of unique form out in a simple manner. The expression of the trunk creates a sense of moisture, through rivulets of thin sumi ink and the added blue-green of mossy patches. Plum flowers are a motif that Ogata Korin used frequently in his work, and the characteristic continuous outline of his petals led to these pieces often being referred to as “Korin plums”.
ARTIST
Rinpa School
A school founded by Tawaraya Sotatsu, who was active from the Momoyama to the early Edo period. In the middle of the Edo period, Ogata Korin further developed Sotatsu’s style, perfecting it in its ability to show decorative beauty all the more clearly. Passed down to Sakai Hoitsu and his student Suzuki Kiitsu in the late Edo period, it later came to be known as the Rimpa school. Sakai Hoitsu admired Korin’s style, and left behind decorative work filled with poetic sentiment. The scope of the Rimpa school’s impact is broad, as it pursued and developed its gorgeous and decorative beauty and came to occupy an important position in the history of early modern period painting.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION

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)
11 15, 2014 (Sat.)~1 18 (Sun.)
The Quintessence of Japanese Paintings Takasaki Tower Museum of Art (Gunma, Japan)
6 19, 2008 (Thu.)~8 24 (Sun.)
Eternal Treasures of Japan: The Art of the Samurai National Museum of the Cultural Complex of the Republic (Brasilia, Brazil)
8 24, 2006 (Thu.)~11 19 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)
11 3, 2004 (Wed.)~11 28 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art Exhibition Kagawa History Museum (Kagawa, 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)
2 10, 1995 (Fri.)~4 16 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art: Edo Period 1615-1868 La Pedrera / The House Mila (Barcelona, Spain)
9 23, 1994 (Fri.)~1 22 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art: Edo Period 1615-1868 Juan March Foundation (Madrid, Spain)
2 8, 1993 (Mon.)~3 14 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection National Museum of Colombia (Santafe de Bogota, Colombia)
1 26, 1992 (Sun.)~3 22 (Sun.)
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Kunstlerhaus (Vienna, Austria)
8 10, 1991 (Sat.)~10 20 (Sun.)
Behind Golden Screens: Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection – An Official Event of Japan Festival ’91 and the Edinburgh Festival National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
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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