Kiku Jidō (Chrysanthemum Boy)
18th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 32 × 12 in. (81.3 × 30.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.117
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Kiku Jidō (Chrysanthemum Boy *Tsukioka Sessai, 18th century* Hanging scroll; ink on silk, 32 × 12 in. (81.3 × 30.5 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Department In the serene world of Edo-period Japan (1615–1868), Tsukiokaai captures youthful innocence in *Kiku Jidō (Chrysanthemum Boy, a delicate hanging scroll painted in ink on silk. This intimate vertical format, typical of traditional Japanese scroll paintings, was designed to be unrolled for contemplation in a private alcove, evoking the refined aesthetic of literati culture. The artwork features a boy amid chrysanthemums—Japan...