池田孤邨画 『光琳新選百図』|One Hundred Newly Selected Designs by Kōrin (Kōrin shinsen hyakuzu)
1864
Medium
Two volumes of Woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall (each): 10 1/16 x 7 3/8 x 3/8 in. (25.6 x 18.7 x 1 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number
JIB124a, b
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.