Spring [center right from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons], 1620s
Attributed to Kano Sanrakuexpand_more
Ink, light color, and gold on paperexpand_more
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund and gift of funds from Louis W. Hill, Jr.expand_more 81.1.7
Not on Viewexpand_more
These sliding door panels are part of a group of sixteen, which originally formed the four sides of a small reception chamber at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in northwest Kyoto. The paintings show the process of rice cultivation across four seasons. A person seated in the room would have seen the scene unfold from north, beginning with winter and moving clockwise. Spring, the second in order, would have been on the eastern side.
Rice cultivation was a common subject in Chinese painting, meant to remind the ruler to appreciate the work of the people and to govern them well. Daikakuji had a strong connection to the imperial family: only imperial princes could serve as abbot (head) of the temple, and many emperors used it as their residence after abdicating and becoming monks themselves.
Details
- Title
- Spring [center right from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons]
- Artist Life
- 1559 - 1635
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 81.1.7
- Provenance
- Take no ma, Shōshinden, Daikakuji, Kyoto until 1755, then Ōoka Shunboku; Joseph U. Seo (until 1981)
- Curator Approved
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