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Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳

Color painting formed from a pair of screens arranged horizontally side-by-side, each with six, narrow vertical panels, of irises, with dark blue flowers and green stems, growing in a diagonal from lower left towards the upper right on each screen, against a solid gold background. A small cluster of irises on the left side of the left screen. A thin, angular brown shape zig-zags across the composition from the lower center of the left screen to the upper center of the right screen. A thin rectangular border of green and gold textile surrounds each screen on all sides. — Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and color on gold leaf on paper, 70 1/2 in × 12 ft 2 1/4 in (each). Public Domain

Artist
Ogata Kōrin

Subject Area
Environment

Artistic Techniques
Abstraction Gold, Gold Leaf Tarashikomi

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