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Screen with Scattered Fans 扇面散図屛風

Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

early 17th century

Screen with Scattered Fans 扇面散図屛風 by Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number

F1900.24

Tags

Charles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artfan

About this artwork

After fans were painted, they were usually mounted to framework made of wood or bamboo that the owner could fold compactly when the fan was not in use. Occasionally, fans were pasted to folding screens such as this one. Here the fan framework is painted on the gold leaf to resemble bamboo or lacquered wood.

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