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Twenty-one fans with Rinpa School subjects
Twenty-one fans with Rinpa School subjects

Twenty-one fans with Rinpa School subjects

Artist (Japanese, 1837 - 1917)
MediumFans: ink and colors on silk or paper, mounted on a six-fold screen
Dimensions61 3/8 x 130 inches (155.9 x 330.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAcquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund
Terms
  • Paintings
  • Screen
  • Six-fold screen: ink and color
  • Fans
  • Japanese
Object number2008.103.001
Label CopyNozawa Teiu was a painter working in the Rinpa style, a term meaning “school of Korin,” coined in the late-nineteenth century to refer to visual and decorative art inspired by the artist Ogata Korin (1658–1716). Here, fans and scrolls with paintings of Rinpa School subjects are pasted on a folding screen decorated with gold background. The style is characteristically flamboyant with a vibrant gold background and abbreviated but decorative forms of natural motifs, such as flowers, trees, and landscapes. Each fan here presents a subject famously depicted by the Rinpa masters: Mt. Fuji, the God of Wind, sea waves, scenes from the Tales of Ise, the Buddhist monks Kanzan and Jittoku, and various birds, flowers, and trees associated with the four seasons.
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