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SAKAI OHO. Hollyhocks and Prince's-Feather Flowers

Hollyhocks and Prince's-Feather Flowers. Artist: Sakai Oho (Japanese, 1808-1841). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 40 1/2 in. × 14 in. (102.9 × 35.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 76 1/8 × 19 7/16 in. (193.3 × 49.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 76 1/8 × 21 5/16 in. (193.3 × 54.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Many paintings by Sakai Oho, including this one, are based on or directly inspired by the work of Sakai Hoitsu, his adoptive father and teacher. Hoitsu no doubt had great aspirations for Oho, but he died in his early thirties and left a comparatively small body of work. Hollyhocks (tachiaoi)--with their stately appearance, tall stems, and symmetrical arrays of leaves and blossoms--were a common subject of Rinpa artists from the seventeenth century onward, but prince's-feather flowers (katade) rarely received such attention. The addition of a little butterfly, flat and decorative in its effect, is a reminder that the artist was capturing a poetic moment, a haiku-like snapshot of an imaginary garden. This work was probably created as the right-hand scroll flanking the god of good fortune, Jurojin, in a triptych.
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Hollyhocks and Prince's-Feather Flowers
Caption:
Hollyhocks and Prince's-Feather Flowers. Artist: Sakai Oho (Japanese, 1808-1841). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 40 1/2 in. × 14 in. (102.9 × 35.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 76 1/8 × 19 7/16 in. (193.3 × 49.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 76 1/8 × 21 5/16 in. (193.3 × 54.1 cm). Date: early 19th century. Many paintings by Sakai Oho, including this one, are based on or directly inspired by the work of Sakai Hoitsu, his adoptive father and teacher. Hoitsu no doubt had great aspirations for Oho, but he died in his early thirties and left a comparatively small body of work. Hollyhocks (tachiaoi)--with their stately appearance, tall stems, and symmetrical arrays of leaves and blossoms--were a common subject of Rinpa artists from the seventeenth century onward, but prince's-feather flowers (katade) rarely received such attention. The addition of a little butterfly, flat and decorative in its effect, is a reminder that the artist was capturing a poetic moment, a haiku-like snapshot of an imaginary garden. This work was probably created as the right-hand scroll flanking the god of good fortune, Jurojin, in a triptych.
Technique/material:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Period:
Edo period (1615-1868)
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3148 x 4200 px | 37.8 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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