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Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 1)

1800s

Nakamura Hōchū 中村 芳中

(Japanese, d. 1819)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
page in a woodblock printed folding-; ink and color on paper
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi 1991.118.1.h
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Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was one of the most admired artists of Rimpa, or "decorative school painting." These books by the charming later-generation Rimpa artist Hochu record Korin's inventive designs.
A woodblock print on off-white paper depicts two flowering branches flanking a vertical center seam. On the right, a tall branch arches upward, bearing round pink blossoms and dark gray scalloped leaves. To the left, two shorter stems sprout circular, muted yellow flowers. The blossoms are simplified into flat, medallion-like shapes with central dots, while soft gray-washed stems and scalloped leaves extend across the composition against the plain, aged paper.

Scene from The Kōrin Picture Book (Volume 1)

1800s

Nakamura Hōchū

(Japanese, d. 1819)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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