曽我直庵筆 架鷹図押絵貼屏風|Tethered Hawks
The Met
Artist: Soga Chokuan|Ittō Jōteki (Shōteki)(Japanese, active ca. 1596–1615)
Date: before 1606
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Twelve paintings mounted as a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall (each screen incl. frame): 68 3/8 in. × 11 ft. 10 3/8 in. (173.7 × 361.7 cm) Image (outer two panels, each screen): 48 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (123.2 × 49.8 cm) Image (inner four panels, each screen): 48 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (123.2 × 52.1 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2018
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Six panels show various hawks perched on wooden perches, with vertical calligraphic text above each
Detailed Description
A six-panel artwork features six different hawks, each depicted on a vertical panel. Each panel has a light, warm tan background with white borders separating the panels and framing the top and bottom edges. In the upper section of each panel, black calligraphic text is arranged in vertical columns. Each hawk is shown perched on a horizontal wooden bar or stand, which extends across the lower half of its respective panel. A leash or tether is attached to one leg of each bird, hanging downwards. The hawks vary in appearance: the leftmost panel shows a brown and white hawk with its head turned to the right, looking down, with a red tether. The second panel features a predominantly white hawk with dark markings on its head and wings, facing left, with a red tether. The third panel displays a brown patterned hawk with its head turned left, looking down, with a black looped tether. The fourth panel presents a white and brown hawk facing left, with a long, straight black tether. The fifth panel shows another brown patterned hawk, facing right and looking down, with a green looped tether. The rightmost panel depicts a white hawk facing left, with a red and white patterned tether. The birds are rendered with detailed feathers and sharp talons, and the perches are simple, unadorned wooden bars.
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