柳沢淇園筆 竹石図|Rock and Bamboo
18th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 44 5/16 × 21 1/4 in. (112.6 × 54 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 1/8 × 26 9/16 in. (201 × 67.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 1/8 × 28 11/16 in. (201 × 72.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Accession Number
2018.853.23
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Yanagisawa Kien · 1703–1758
**Yanagisawa Kien** (originally Rikyō or Satotomo; 1703–1758) was a pioneering Japanese painter of the nanga (Southern School) or bunjin-ga (literati painting) tradition during the mid-Edo period. Born in Edo on 30 August 1703 into the prominent Yanagisawa clan—his father held a key position with the family seat at Kōriyama Castle—he displayed an early passion for art, beginning to paint at age ni...