伝土佐光信筆 四季竹図屏風|Bamboo in the Four Seasons
The Met
Artist: Tosa Mitsunobu(Japanese, active ca. 1462–1525)
Date: late 15th–early 16th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each): 61 13/16 in. × 11 ft. 9 3/4 in. (157 × 360 cm)
Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A six-panel screen painting featuring green bamboo stalks and leaves against a shimmering gold background
Detailed Description
The artwork is a six-panel screen, presented horizontally. The background is a uniform, shimmering gold, appearing to be gold leaf, with subtle horizontal striations across its surface. Dark green bamboo plants are depicted across all six panels, varying in size and density. On the far left, several thick, vertical bamboo stalks rise from the bottom edge, accompanied by smaller, pointed bamboo shoots and clusters of leaves. Moving towards the center, the bamboo plants become more numerous, with slender stalks and dense arrangements of fan-shaped leaves filling the mid-ground. Several more bamboo shoots emerge from the ground level. On the right side of the screen, a group of very tall, thick bamboo stalks lean diagonally from the top right towards the bottom left, their bases visible near the bottom edge. Smaller clusters of green foliage are scattered at the bottom of the panels. The bamboo leaves are rendered with a loose, brushstroke technique.
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