Rose mallow
Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)
Probably 19th century
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1904.32
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artflowerhibiscusplantrose
About this artwork
This small painting came from a group of thirty-seven "plant studies" attributed to Kenzan and formerly owned by the French printer Charles Gillot (1853-1903), whose large collection of Japanese art also included Kenzan pottery. The thick, clay-impregnated paper used for this painting suggests that it and the other "studies" were cut out of a large, flat painting such as a screen or sliding-door panel, which had become too damaged to be repaired.