伝狩野永徳筆 唐美人図|Chinese Women in a Palace Garden
late 16th century
Medium
Two panels of a folding screen, mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
61 1/8 x 45 1/2 in. (155.3 x 115.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Momoyama period (1573–1615)
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
29.100.495g, h
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the opulent Momoyama period (15731615), Japanese art with bold, decorative screens that transformed interiors into shimmering paradises. This hanging scroll, originally two panels from a folding screen and attributed to the master Kano Eitoku (15431590), captures *Chinese Women in a Palace* (傳狩野永徳筆 唐美人図). Eitoku, a leading of the Kano school, revolutionized painting with his dynamic compositions and lavish use of gold leaf, embodying the era's warrior elite's taste for grandeur. Rendered in ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper (61 1/8 x 45 1/2 in.), the work depicts elegant Tang dynast...
About the Artist
Kano Eitoku · 1543–1590
Japanese, 1543–1590