Spring [right from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons]

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Spring [right from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons]

Attributed to Kano SanrakuLinkedCulture matchlcp-343865a1d313

Date
1620s
Medium
Sliding door (fusuma), ink, light color, and gold on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
96534

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These sliding door panels are part of a group of sixteen, which originally formed the four sides of a small reception chamber at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in northwest Kyoto. The paintings show the process of rice cultivation across four seasons. A person seated in the room would have seen the scene unfold from north, beginning with winter and moving clockwise. Spring, the second in order, would have been on the eastern side. Rice cultivation was a common subject in Chinese painting, meant to remind the ruler to appreciate the work of the people and to govern them well. Daikakuji had a strong connection to the imperial family: only imperial princes could serve as abbot (head) of the temple, and many emperors used it as their residence after abdicating and becoming monks themselves. Japan, Asia

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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund and gift of funds from Louis W. Hill, Jr.

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