Quail amid Autumn Grasses and Flowers

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Quail amid Autumn Grasses and Flowers

Alternate Title: Akigusa uzura zu byōbu

Japan, circa 1590-1600
Paintings; screens
Six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Overall: 68 3/4 x 141 in. (174.6 x 358.1 cm)
Gift of Julia and Leo Krashen in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Pavilion for Japanese Art (AC1999.223.1)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Folding screens are displayed standing on wooden platforms....
Folding screens are displayed standing on wooden platforms. Painted screens originated in China, but the tradition made its way to Japan, where Japanese artists developed an innovation of their own: the folding format. Japanese screens are also characterized by bright colors, gold and silver paint, and gold leaf.

To see a demonstration of traditional ink painting by artist Hisako Sano, who trained with monks in Japan, press the play button below.

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Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.