Minneapolis Institute of Art

Plum Trees [right of a pair of Plum Trees and Hollyhocks]

Ogata Kenzan

Date

first half 18th century

Medium

Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink and color on gilded paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ogata Kenzan is best known as a potter, but he was also a successful painter, especially after moving from Kyoto to Edo in his late sixties. Kenzan was the younger brother of painter Ogata Kōrin, from whom the decorative Rinpa school takes its name— rin from Kōrin paired with pa, meaning “school.” On a ground of gold leaf, Kenzan presents red and white camellias blooming on a small hillock below a large plum tree at right and, at left, pink, white, and red hollyhocks. With this placement of the motifs, Kenzan turned the folded surface of the screen into a vital component of the composition. Japan, Asia

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