牡丹に孔雀図|Peacocks and Peonies
1820
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 60 1/4 × 34 3/4 in. (153 × 88.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 15/16 × 41 3/4 in. (203 × 106 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 15/16 × 46 3/4 in. (203 × 118.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Accession Number
14.76.51
Tags
Art Historical Context
Tani Bunchō's *Peacocks and Peonies* (1820) is a stunning hanging scroll painted in ink and color on silk, capturing the opulent beauty of nature during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868). Measuring over six feet tall when fully mounted, this work exemplifies the traditional Japanese format of hanging scrolls, designed to be unrolled and displayed on special occasions, transforming a room into a poetic garden. Bunchō, a master of the nanga (Southern school) style influenced by Chinese literati painting, skillfully blends delicate ink washes with vivid pigments to depict majestic peacocks amid bloo...