Bamboo Blinds
Culture: Japanese
Date: 17th/18th century
Period: Edo period
General region:Asia
Place found:Japan
Dimensions:
Each: 66 × 139 1/2 in. (167.6 × 354.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of The Fellowship of San Antonio
Object number: 2021.26.a-b
Label Text
This unusual screen pair depicts paintings of screens that were used on special occasions, or a celebratory event, like a wedding, or birthday. The decoration of the gold screens with tassels, a flower basket, and birds add elements of color to the already sumptuous screens. To further enhanced their richness, the artist placed the gold screens in a room against bamboos blinds that are painted in silver, which have, over time, oxidized to black. The angled placement creates a sense of dynamic movement.
Each screen bears two seals of Tosa Mitsuoki, the head of the Tosa School in Kyoto, but the attribution has not been confirmed. Instead, it is possible the screens were executed by a follower of the master at a later date.
Each screen bears two seals of Tosa Mitsuoki, the head of the Tosa School in Kyoto, but the attribution has not been confirmed. Instead, it is possible the screens were executed by a follower of the master at a later date.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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