two-panel folding screen; thin, stylized red, gold, silver, and burgundy bamboo stalks against black background; small spray of bamboo foliage on L screen

Bamboo, mid 20th century

Atarashi Kōsenexpand_more

Black and colored lacquer, gold and silver powder, and mother-of-pearl inlay on woodexpand_more

Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more  2013.29.1260

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Low folding screens such as this were originally used to block the heat of the portable brazier (furo), used to prepare water for tea, from participants to a tea gathering during the warm months of the summer. Such screens later became largely decorative. This modern furosaki features a bamboo design in colored lacquer, with gold and silver maki-e and strips of mother-of-pearl inlays, which pop against the glossy roiro background.

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Title
Bamboo
Artist Life
born 1909
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.29.1260
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two-panel folding screen; thin, stylized red, gold, silver, and burgundy bamboo stalks against black background; small spray of bamboo foliage on L screen

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