Watanabe Shikō
1683–1755 · Japanese painting · 6 works
Watanabe Shikō uses the folding screen for very different kinds of looking. His river landscapes spread pale mountains, boats and small buildings across broad stretches of mist. The iris screens replace that distant view with a close rhythm of leaves and flowers against gold. The irises refer to a literary account of a traveler remembering his wife. Compare how color and open space organize the two subjects.
6 works · 1700–1710
Compare the spaces between the iris clusters with the empty water in the river screens.
Chōbunsai Eishi
Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi, c. 1787
Hon’ami Kōetsu
A Poem from the Shin Kokinshu with Design of Shinobugusa (Moss Fern), 1605-10
Ike Taiga
Fishing in a Springtime Valley, 1700s
