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Watanabe Shikō. Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons, early to mid-1700s. Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, silver, and gilding on paper, Each screen: 155 x 368.5 cm (61 x 145 1/16 in.). Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2021.132. CC0.
Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons
early to mid-1700s
Watanabe Shikō
Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755)
Japanese Art
Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons, early to mid-1700s. Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, silver, and gilding on paper; each screen: 155 x 368.5 cm (61 x 145 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2021.132 The painter Watanabe Shikō had a special interest in scientific realism, based on interactions with his patron Konoe Iehiro. Shikō combined his attention to accurate depiction of plants with strong ink outlines and decorative elements like gold and silver, arriving at an innovative style that influenced many of his peers in the city of Kyoto. One plant in these screens, tumeric, or ukon in Japanese, is found in Okinawa.