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Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

牡丹に唐獅子と竹に虎図屏風

1668

Yamaguchi Sekkei 山口 雪渓

(Japanese, 1644–1732)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper
Measurements
Image: 149 x 330 cm (58 11/16 x 129 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1972.10.1
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Location
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Description

Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500. The use of gold foil as a backdrop for the frolicking animals served a practical as well as a decorative function. Because traditional Japanese rooms had no windows, interior lighting came from portable oil lamps and wax candles, whose effects were magnified by reflective surfaces.
A horizontally oriented ink and color painting on a gilded paper six-panel folding screen depicts two large mythical lions against a background of gold leaf squares. On the left, a green creature with a reddish-brown mane pounces forward while looking back. On the right, a tan lion with a blue-green mane reclines among blooming white peonies. Bamboo and a dark rock accent the edges. A patterned border frames the scene.

Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

1668

Yamaguchi Sekkei

(Japanese, 1644–1732)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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