Plum Trees [right of a pair of Plum Trees and Hollyhocks], first half 18th century
Ogata Kenzanexpand_more
Ink and color on gilded paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.83.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Ogata Kenzan is best known as a potter, but he was also a successful painter, especially after moving from Kyoto to Edo in his late sixties. Kenzan was the younger brother of painter Ogata Kōrin, from whom the decorative Rinpa school takes its name—rin from Kōrin paired with pa, meaning “school.” On a ground of gold leaf, Kenzan presents red and white camellias blooming on a small hillock below a large plum tree at right and, at left, pink, white, and red hollyhocks. With this placement of the motifs, Kenzan turned the folded surface of the screen into a vital component of the composition.
Details
- Title
- Plum Trees [right of a pair of Plum Trees and Hollyhocks]
- Artist Life
- 1663 - 1743
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.83.2
- Provenance
- Prince Komatsu Akihito Setsu Gatōdō Co., Ltd. until 1966 Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 184
- Curator Approved
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