Summer Flowers

Description

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.

Provenance

Maud Eells Corning [1908-1991], Mentor, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1992); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1992-)

Summer Flowers

Kitagawa Sōsetsu

mid-1600s

Accession Number

1992.380

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.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Maud Eells Corning