Fish and Plants

Art Institute of Chicago

Fish and Plants

Ikeda KeisenLinkedCulture matchlcp-9ba2f8d0ce3b

Date
1908
Medium
Single six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold on silk
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
191599

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Creating these screens was a deeply personal exercise for Ikeda Keisen, who modeled this work on sketches made by his father. He elevated those small-scale images into the subjects of an expansive screen—the most formal kind of finished painting—with a dramatic gold-dust background. The six panels collectively represent an abundant display of more 30 kinds of fish and more than 80 varieties of plant life. These elements are painted with meticulous detail but also tempered with a sense of humor seen, for instance, in the whimsical depictions of many of the fish.

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