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Folding Screen with Design of Scenery in the Four Seasons Folding Screen with Design of Scenery in the Four Seasons

Early Edo Period (17th c.)/Ink on paper, pair of six-fold screens

158.0 x 357.0 cm (each)

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SUMMARY

From the right screen to the left, the changes of the seasons from spring to summer to autumn to winter are painted in this piece, Scenery in the Four Seasons. It is a landscape painting in black india ink by Tsunenobu, successor to the Edo Kano school, with the entire surface decorated with sprinkles of gold dust. This Scenery in the Four Seasons is derived from Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a subject of painting which was introduced from China. Eight kinds of composition centering on Dongting Lake have been combined with the four seasons and skillfully incorporated into the screen.

ARTIST

Kano Tsunenobu

1636-1713

Born in Kyoto as the eldest son of Kano Naonobu. Served as the chief painter for the Tokugawa family in the early Edo period. He is appreciated as having built the foundation for the Kobikicho Kano family. As he learned to paint from his uncle Kano Tanyu, he made an effort to study and copy old paintings, and painted ambitious pieces incorporating pictures of flowers and birds from the Muromachi period. In his later years, his style changed to a more graceful one. Tsunenobu’s style was more decorative than Tanyu’s, and his achievements in painting place him among the four masters of the Kano school, alongside Motonobu, Eitoku, and Tanyu.

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)

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)

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

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

1 21, 2017 (Sat.)~3 5 (Sun.)

Treasures of Shimazu : Fascination of Cultural Property and Local Museum Miyakonojyo Shimazu Residenfce (Miyazaki, Japan)

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

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

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)

5 28, 1994 (Sat.)~7 18 (Mon.)

Treasures of Japanese Art: The World of the Samurai Medici Museum, Medici-Riccardi Palace (Florence, Italy)

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)

9 26, 1990 (Wed.)~12 9 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art National Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Stockholm, Sweden)

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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