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Sakai Dōitsu
Iriseslate 19th-early 20th century

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Six-panel folding screen with clusters of blue iris blossoms and green leaves painted in flat, bold brushwork on a gold leaf ground
Six-panel folding screen with clusters of blue irises and green leaves painted in mineral pigments on gold leaf, flat decorative style with no horizon line or perspective.
Six-panel Japanese folding screen with clusters of blue iris flowers and broad green leaves arranged across a gold-leaf background, painted in flat Rinpa-style brushwork; artist's seal and signature at lower left.

Sakai Dōitsu, Irises, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Far Eastern Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sakai Dōitsu
Japan, 1845-1913
Title
Irises
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; mineral pigment color and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Each overall: 71 x 144 3/4 in. (180.3 x 367.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Far Eastern Art Council
Accession Number
M.88.99a-b
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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