Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) / c. 1715–30 or later
Chrysanthemums by a Stream
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Chrysanthemums by a Stream as painting (Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1715–30 or later).
The signature used on these screens can perhaps indicate paintings made in the last year of the artist's life, or works completed by his studio after his death.
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The museum identifies this painting as Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper and credits Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716).
The museum's collection notes: These screens recall a painting style so closely identified with Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) that it is called Rinpa, or “Rin School,” after the ideograph “rin” in his name. The highly stylized background accentuates floral groupings that have been groomed so as to appear utterly artificial, like the synthetic arrangements available today. Kōrin's genius derived in large measure from natural phenomena painstakingly observed and then manipulated to create compositions of startling refinement and sparkling isolation. This process may have grown out of Kōrin's early immersion in the family textile business, a medium that encourages such dramatic dis
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