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尾形光琳筆 梅花・秋草図|Flowers of Spring and Autumn
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尾形光琳筆 梅花・秋草図|Flowers of Spring and Autumn

shortly after 1701

Medium

Pair of panels; ink and color on cryptomeria wood

Dimensions

Image: 54 in. × 7 7/8 in. (137.2 × 20 cm) Overall with mounting: 81 × 13 in. (205.7 × 33 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Ogata Kōrin

1658–1716Japan

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.