PaintingsJapanese17th century

Flowers of the Four Seasons

17th century

Artists

Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達Previous attribution

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper.

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 157.5 cm (62 in.) overall with mount: H. 172.9 × W. 364.8 cm (68 1/16 × 143 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[HOSOMI Minoru, Osaka, (by 1988)], sold; to Robert and Betsy Feinberg, Bethesda, MD (1988-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums.

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