East Asian Art Catching Fish under Willows in the Rain (Summer) Made in Japan, AsiaEdo period (1615-1868), c. 1800 Yokoi Kinkoku, Japanese, 1761 - 1832 Ink and color on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll; fitted wood box Currently not on view 2009-5-1 |
Partial purchase with funds contributed by Maxine and Howard Lewis, and partial gift of Sondra Milne Henderson in honor of the memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2009LabelThis scroll, perhaps a commission, is painted on silk, an expensive material that the potential patron would have supplied. Kinkoku's summer landscape expresses his characteristic style. He emphasizes the humidity of a rainy summer day by softening the tree branches and the rock formations, and slowing the current of the flowing water. The rays of the sun are caught amid the sheets of rain, while the scholar in his hut awaits the feast of fish being caught in the stream. |
