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Sliding Door with Design of Wind God and Thunder God
- Late Edo Period (19th c.)
- Color on silk, eight sliding doors
- 168.0 x 115.5 cm (each)
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Wind God and Thunder God was an important subject tackled by Rimpa masters Tawaraya Sotatsu, Ogata Korin, and Sakai Hoitsu, again reconstructed in this piece by Hoitsu’s top pupil Kiitsu. While the three masters contained the gods within a pair of two-folded golden screens, Kiitsu painted each on four silk sliding doors. Originally, the four panels of the paintings were meant to be displayed front to back. The wind and thunder gods, lightly colored in white and green, follow the soft clouds made with ink bleeds, commanding the broad spaces they’ve been given, looking as though they own the place. Along with his teacher Sakai Hoitsu, Kiitsu established the Edo Rimpa school with both stylishness and witty modernity, in response to the serene and elegant spirit of the Kyo Rimpa school. In this piece, lines expressing the unevenness of the wind and thunder gods’ torsos, arms and legs, as well as light shading around the eyes is applied. You can see how this reinforces three-dimensionality in an evident pursuit of reality not seen in the other three masters. With the seals “Isando” and “Kaikai” as well as the signature Shukurinsai Kiitsu, it is considered to be a piece from Kiitsu’s enthusiastic mid-30s to late 40s, in which he continued to establish his own style after Hoitsu’s death.
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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.
Exhibit history
- Oct 8, 2021 (Fri)～Nov 14, 2021 (Sun)
From the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection: “THIS IS JAPAN” Eternal Japanese Art Oita Art Museum (Oita, Japan) - Jun 1, 2020 (Mon)～Jul 5, 2020 (Sun)
Great Masters of Japanese Painting from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan) - Aug 25, 2019 (Sun)～Sep 29, 2019 (Sun)
This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) - Mar 24, 2018 (Sat)～May 27, 2018 (Sun)
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan) - Jan 3, 2017 (Tue)～Feb 19, 2017 (Sun)
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Hosomi Museum (Kyoto, Japan) - Nov 12, 2016 (Sat)～Dec 25, 2016 (Sun)
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan) - Sep 10, 2016 (Sat)～Oct 30, 2016 (Sun)
Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan) - Oct 10, 2011 (Mon)～Nov 13, 2011 (Sun)
Sakai Hoitsu Chiba City Museum of Art (Chiba, Japan) - Aug 30, 2011 (Tue)～Oct 2, 2011 (Sun)
Sakai Hoitsu Himeji City Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan) - Oct 7, 2008 (Tue)～Nov 16, 2008 (Sun)
Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Ogata Korin's Birth: Treasures by Rinpa Masters - Inheritance and Innovation Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, Japan) - Nov 3, 2004 (Wed)～Nov 28, 2004 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art Exhibition Kagawa History Museum (Kagawa, Japan) - May 1, 1998 (Fri)～Jun 30, 1998 (Tue)
Treasures of Japanese Arts and Crafts—400 Years of Japanese Art from the Momoyama Period to Modernity National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei, Taiwan) - Feb 10, 1995 (Fri)～Apr 16, 1995 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art: Edo Period 1615-1868 La Pedrera / The House Mila (Barcelona, Spain) - Sep 23, 1994 (Fri)～Jan 22, 1995 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art: Edo Period 1615-1868 Juan March Foundation (Madrid, Spain) - May 28, 1994 (Sat)～Jul 18, 1994 (Mon)
Treasures of Japanese Art: The World of the Samurai Medici Museum, Medici-Riccardi Palace (Florence, Italy) - Apr 23, 1994 (Sat)～May 22, 1994 (Sun)
Special Exhibition: Inheritance of Art by Rinpa Masters—Sotatsu, Korin, Hoitsu, and Kiitsu Nagoya City Museum (Aichi, Japan) - Oct 10, 1992 (Sat)～Nov 29, 1992 (Sun)
The Art of Rin School Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan) - Aug 10, 1991 (Sat)～Oct 20, 1991 (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) - Sep 26, 1990 (Wed)～Dec 9, 1990 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art National Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Stockholm, Sweden) - Feb 22, 1990 (Thu)～Apr 1, 1990 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Sao Paulo Art Museum (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - May 29, 1989 (Mon)～Jul 23, 1989 (Sun)
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Taplow Court Oriental Gallery (Taplow Court, UK) - May 3, 1988 (Tue)～Aug 24, 1988 (Wed)
Eternal Treasures of Japan: Japanese Art Collection from the TFAM Collection Institute of France, Jacquemart-Andre Museum (Paris, France)
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