尾形光琳筆 松竹に鶴図屏風|Cranes, Pines, and Bamboo
early 18th century
Medium
Pair of folding screens; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image (Right screen (4-panel)): 65 3/4 in. × 8 ft. 5 1/4 in. (167 × 257.2 cm) Image (Left screen (6-panel)): 65 3/4 in. × 12 ft. 7 1/4 in. (167 × 384.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.268.62, .63
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About the Artist
Ogata Kōrin · 1658–1716
Noted as one of the most important Japanese artists of the 17th century; known for paintings of irises and other subjects. He was regarded, along with Sotatsu, as one of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, including painted screens and textile designs. He was descended from a samurai who had served under the Ashikaga rulers.