Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock

Date

late 1800s

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A great interest in Western scientific studies developed in Japan during the late Edo period (1615-1868) and into the Meiji era (1868-1912). One outcome of this phenomenon in the visual arts was the detailed portrayal of plant, animal, and marine life. This painting is an assemblage of objects carefully observed from nature, but not usually seen together.

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