Object Type
Artist
Period
Materials
Creation Date
Dimensions
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Object Type |
19th Century Japanese Scroll |
|---|---|---|
Artist |
Kiitsu | |
Period |
Late Edo | |
Materials |
Sumi on Silk Scroll | |
Creation Date |
ca. 1840 | |
Dimensions |
82.7 cm. x 26.5 cm. (32 1/2 in. x 10 3/8 in.) |
Commentary |
Rimpa painters primarily created static images with action insinuated, but Kiitsu, being the last of this long line of artists, challenged the rule to bring movement into the Rimpa tradition. - JDP Kiitsu has many works dealing with birds flying over the waves. He may have wanted to try the technique of indicating a movement in painting. I assume Kiitsu was following the contemporaneous trends of expressing realism. His waves are from the techniques of the Maruyama-Shijo school rather than that of the Korin school. He may have seen the works of Õkyo, Goshun and Keibun in Edo. He was the artist who was able to absorb techniques from other schools if they enriched his art. However, the placement of the plovers as a focus in the upper center, which are larger than the size of the moon and waves, is an organizational technique that he learned from his teacher, Hoitsu. We see one side of Kiitsu, who is keeping his traditional technique, and on the other, who is trying to adjust to the new era. (Nakamura) |