Spring and Autumn with Children Playing on the Seashore
Artist
Maruyama Okyo
(Japanese, 1733 - 1795)
Date1782
MediumOne of a pair of six-fold screens; ink, color, and gold paint on paper
DimensionsOverall: 67 1/2 × 148 1/2 inches (171.45 × 377.19 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number70-30/1
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Gallery LabelChildren play along the seashore during spring and autumn. The ocean runs across the screens creating a single composition, suggesting spatial continuity of the pair of screens. But the seasonal scenes are complementary rather than continuous. Maruyama Ōkyo was one of Kyoto’s pre-eminent painters of landscape, who conjured up romantic notions of rural life in idyllic scenery.
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