© Ashmolean Museum
Pair of six-fold screens: Flowers of the Four Seasons
Artist: Matanabe Shiko (1683 - 1755)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1700 - 1755
Materials: goldleaf, paint, chalk
Dimensions: 154 x 356 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £8,100)
Vendor: Mayuyama
Review number: 2395 (1970)
Description:
Brill colours on backgrounds of gold-leaf squares. School of Korin, Shiko his most gifted pupil. Two characteristic techniques employed here: moriage (heaping) of the chrysanthemums, where powdered chalk is built up to give an effect of relief; and the dripping of paint on to wet paint of a different colour (tarashikomi) for stalks and leaves.
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