Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 109103
Arum and Flowering Weed (painting)
- Artist / 作者
- Shibata Zeshin柴田是眞
- Date / 年代
- 1870-1879
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 385 × 450 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
The long stalks and tapering, broad, veined leaves of taro plants provide a dramatic and bold foreground element in this painting, while in the background is the delicate ominaeshi, frequently depicted as one of the seven flowers of autumn. The signature style suggests a date about 1880. (Howard A. Link "The Art of SHIBATA ZESHIN-The Mr. and Mrs. James E. O'Brien Collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts" - Robert G Sawers Publishing in association with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1979) ********************* This painting is enlivened by a dramatic design accomplished by two long curved lines of stalks creating a large “V” shape, as well as by tapering heart-shaped taro leaves. As both a…
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