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Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring)

1700s

Kō Sūkoku 高 嵩谷

(Japanese, 1730–1804)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Six-panel folding screen, ink, light color, gold, and silver on paper
Measurements
Overall: 170.2 x 353.5 cm (67 x 139 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2012.72.1
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

These screens present the cycle of the farming year, starting with spring at right and ending with fall at left. Close examination of these screens reveals moments of games and amusement, the enjoyment of meals as well as intellectual and spiritual pursuits interspersed among the scenes of cultivating and preparing the rice harvest.

The artist Kō Sūkoku is considered the 18th-century heir in style and attitude to Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724). Itchō’s work incorporated elements from Kano school, ukiyo-e, and literati styles of painting. Kō trained with one of Hanabusa’s pupils, Sawaki Sūshi, who was best known for scenes depicting everyday life and customs.
An ink and gold six-panel folding screen depicts a panoramic rural village. Figures work in flooded rice fields on the left, while a wooden bridge spans a central stream leading toward thatched-roof houses. On the right, people gather near a residence and blossoming trees. Muted green hills and heavy gold mist roll across the scene, obscuring the base of undulating mountains on the left. Fine calligraphy marks the upper right.

Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring)

1700s

Kō Sūkoku

(Japanese, 1730–1804)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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