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About the Artwork
White hydrangea, orange-colored demon’s lantern, and greenbrier vine appear together in this scroll. The artist used the dripping-in (tarashikomi) technique to create a sense of depth and dimension in the leaves of the plants. A carefully controlled brush loaded with a high ratio of water to ink or color is key to the success of this brush method. Gold lines indicate the veins of leaves and the seams of pods.
Inscriptions
法橋相説; Seal: 印年 (Inen)
Provenance
?-1992: Maud Eells Corning [1908-1991], Mentor, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1992-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Early Rinpa (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 23, 2020-January 17, 2021).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50)
- Date
- mid-1600s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 197.6 x 65.5 cm (77 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.); Painting only: 107.5 x 45.8 cm (42 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Maud Eells Corning
- Accession no.
- 1992.380
More by Kitagawa Sōsetsu in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00010141
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