源琦筆 華洛四季遊楽図巻|Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto
1778
Medium
Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 12 5/16 in. × 16 ft. 7 15/16 in. (31.3 × 507.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 12 13/16 in. × 16 ft. 7 15/16 in. (32.5 × 507.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.201
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Genki (Komai Ki) · 1747–1797
**Genki (Komai Ki, also known as Komai Genki or 源琦)** was a Japanese painter active during the middle Edo period, born on June 12, 1747, in Kyoto and who died on August 8, 1797 (or September 27 according to some records), at the age of fifty. He is recognized as one of the leading figures in the Maruyama-Shijō school, a tradition that blended naturalistic observation with elegant decorative qualit...