Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock
Okabe Ko (Japanese)
late 1800s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
170.2 × 87.7 cm · painting only: 126.4 × 56 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1990.68
Tags
male
About this artwork
A great interest in Western scientific studies developed in Japan during the late Edo period (1615-1868) and into the Meiji era (1868-1912). One outcome of this phenomenon in the visual arts was the detailed portrayal of plant, animal, and marine life. This painting is an assemblage of objects carefully observed from nature, but not usually seen together.