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Yamaguchi Soken
Flowers and Plants of the Four Seasonslate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view
Japanese six-panel folding screen, ink and pigment on gold leaf, depicting reeds, peonies, and a flowering tree in a continuous garden composition
Ink on pale gold paper, two large Chinese characters in semi-cursive script above a square red seal impression with carved seal script.

Yamaguchi Soken, Flowers and Plants of the Four Seasons, late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yamaguchi Soken
Japan, 1759-1818
Title
Flowers and Plants of the Four Seasons
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
One from a pair of six-panel screens; ink and color on gold leafed paper
Dimensions
Overall: 60 3/4 x 100 1/16 in. (154.3 x 254.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson
Accession Number
M.82.149.2a
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Speer, Richard. The Space of Effusion: Sam Francis in Japan. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2020.

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