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Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
Sakai Hōitsuearly 1800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In this screen, Sakai Hōitsu expertly deployed a painting technique called “dripping-in” (<em>tarashikomi</em>). 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.
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- Title: Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
- Creator: Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761-1828)
- Date Created: early 1800s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 152.7 x 154.9 cm (60 1/8 x 61 in.); Overall: 157.5 x 158.5 cm (62 x 62 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Collection, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.386
- Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper
- Original Title: 桐菊流水図屏風
- Inscriptions: inscription at right reads: "Hoitsu hitsu" (painted by Hoitsu); within circle: (Hoitsu); tiny gourd shape below encloses two characters "Bun-zen," Hoitsu's name.
- Fun Fact: Hōitsu often painted two-panel folding screens for urban clients residing in smaller spaces. A painting after this one in the Itabashi Museum in Tokyo shows an extended composition across a pair of two-panel screens.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection
- Collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
- Accession Number: 1964.386
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