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Mimosa tree, poppies and other summer flowers 合歓木芥子図屏風

Tawaraya Sosetsu 俵屋宗雪 (active mid-17th century)

1630-1670

Mimosa tree, poppies and other summer flowers 合歓木芥子図屏風 by Tawaraya Sosetsu 俵屋宗雪 (active mid-17th century)

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number

F1902.92

Tags

Charles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artflowertree

About this artwork

Against a gold-leafed background, a lush garden grows beneath the fronds of a mimosa tree. The artist has expertly applied thin washes of ink and pigment, allowing the color to pool, suggesting the variations in natural hues of foliage and flowers. This folding screen was constructed from four individual sliding panels that would have been set in rails between two rooms. The artist is identified only by a circular seal, I'nen, which identifies the painter as a member of the atelier of Sotatsu (a...

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