Minneapolis Institute of Art
Boats on the Sea
studio of Tawaraya SōtatsuLinkedCulture matchlcp-348bb45c3dcd
- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Six-panel folding screen, ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 121376
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The lower portion of these screens depicts a shore facing an open expanse of water, while the upper portion consists of wafting clouds made from densely sprinkled pieces of cut gold foil. Within the lower portion, the four panels on the left side of the left screen show a land mass consisting of several rocky outcroppings surrounded by pines, red and white azalea, and bamboo grass. The earthen ground is decorated with tiny gold and silver foil (sunago) and foil slivers (noge) applied in horizontal bands. The presence of azalea indicates an early summer setting. The right two panels of the left screen (bottom) and all of the right screen (top) depict the ocean, including pine-laden rocks and four boats manned by three boatmen. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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