A side: Mandarin ducks and plum trees, by Yokoyama Seiki<br />B side: Lakeside landscape, by Okajima Seikô
Yokoyama Seiki and Okajima Seikō; Okajima Seikō
Description
2003/1.405.1-4 comprises two sets of four panels of fusuma-e (sliding doors) still in their original frames, with the metal door pulls set into each of the paintings. One side, across all four panels, depicts mandarin ducks and plum trees, by Yokoyama Seiki (1793–1865); and on the reverse is a river landscape by Seiki's pupil, Okajima Seikô (1828–1877). Both artists worked in Kyoto, in the naturalist (Shasei) school. Screens such as these would have adorned the residential quarters of a temple compound or the private home of a wealthy individual.
Subject Matter:
Yokoyama Seiki (1793–1865) and his pupil Okajima Seikô (1828–1877), worked in Kyoto, in the naturalist (Shasei) school. Screens such as these would have adorned the residential quarters of a temple compound or the private home of a wealthy individual.
"The "four gentlemen" subjects of bamboo, orchid, plum, and chrysanthemum, subjects favoured by Chinese literati as a fitting exercise in ink-play that was very close to calligraphy. "
Addiss, Stephen. Nanga Paintings. London: R. G. Sawers, 1975.
Physical Description:
2003/1.405.1-4 comprises two sets of four panels of fusuma-e (sliding doors) still in their original frames, with the metal door pulls set into each of the paintings. One side, across all four panels, depicts mandarin ducks and plum trees, by Yokoyama Seiki (1793–1865); and on the reverse is a river landscape by Seiki's pupil, Okajima Seikô (1828–1877).
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