伝狩野永徳筆 唐美人唐子図屏風|Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden
17th century
Medium
Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
65 1/4 x 146 1/4 in. (165.8 x 371.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.495a–f
Tags
Art Historical Context
This magnificent six-panel folding screen,Chinese Women and Children in a Garden*, attributed to the master Kano Eitoku (3–1590), exemplifies the grandeur of Japan's Kano school during the Edo period1615–1868). Though dated to the 17th centurylikely from Eitoku's influential workshop—the work captures his signature bold, dynamic style, with elegant Chinese-inspired figures of women, children, boys, girls, and servants gracefully inhabiting a lush palace garden. Measuring an impressive 65¼ × 146¼ inches, it was designed as a *byōbu* (folding screen), a luxurious room divider prized by samurai e...
About the Artist
Kano Eitoku · 1543–1590
Japanese, 1543–1590