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Source Description
The roof and one wing of the Hoodo, the phoenix hall and main building, at the Byodo-in in Uji appears rising above the trees in this graden setting. In the distance a hill rises up to meet gold clouds as they drift across this six-fold screen, or byobu.Thiis screen shows a famous Buddhist temple south of Kyoto and is a one of a pair with "Kamigamo Shrine in Summer" (35.147). Working in the style of the 18th-century master Okyo, Mori Kansai wanted the two screens to contrast not only in terms of religion (Buddhist, Shinto), space (south, north), and season (winter, summer) but in the way they are painted--with a sharp contrast of light and dark in "Winter," a subtle gradation in "Summer."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37000
label
Byodo-in Temple in Winter
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
37000
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Byodo-in Temple in Winter
description
The roof and one wing of the Hoodo, the phoenix hall and main building, at the Byodo-in in Uji appears rising above the trees in this graden setting. In the distance a hill rises up to meet gold clouds as they drift across this six-fold screen, or byobu.Thiis screen shows a famous Buddhist temple south of Kyoto and is a one of a pair with "Kamigamo Shrine in Summer" (35.147). Working in the style of the 18th-century master Okyo, Mori Kansai wanted the two screens to contrast not only in terms of religion (Buddhist, Shinto), space (south, north), and season (winter, summer) but in the way they are painted--with a sharp contrast of light and dark in "Winter," a subtle gradation in "Summer."
provenance
[Dealer] Osaka; Toyobi Far Eastern Art [Dr. Frederick Baekeland and Joan D. Baekeland], 1987-1988 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by purchase.
date
1860-1870 (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
screens
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
47
height
136.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 18 1/2 x W: 53 3/4 in. (47 x 136.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left side of left hand panel: Kansai Mori Koshuku hitsu; [Seal] Tachibana Koshuku in: Jinichi Shiyo
RelatedObjects
35616
med
ink and gold wash on paper with hints of color
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5549
collection_ids
JPK
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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