Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
early 1800s
- Medium
- Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper
- Dimensions
- 152.7 × 154.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-110785
In this screen, Sakai Hōitsu expertly deployed a painting technique called “dripping-in” (tarashikomi). Ink and color dripped on the surface, and allowed to pool there, created the illusionistic effect of lichen-dotted tree bark and twisted chrysanthemum leaves. Paulownia and chrysanthemum are signifiers of late spring and early autumn as well as emblems of the Japanese imperial house. Paulownia also has medicinal properties and associations with fortitude, while chrysanthemum symbolizes good government.
Provenance
Corning Botanical Collection, 1964.386
Registry history
- early 1800s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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