A pair of four-fold screens painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with kuri (Japanese chestnut) flowers on a knoll.
Japan, 17th/18th century, Edo period.
Provenance: a private Italian collection.
Chestnut (kuri). The Japanese for dried chestnut is kachiguri which shares the sound of the word for victory, kachi, and had special meaning for warriors of the feudal period. Associated with the ceremonies of troops departing for battle and returning home in triumph, it was ultimately adopted as an auspicious mon (family crest).
Screens
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A pair of four-fold screens with kuri flowers
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A two-fold screen with the Uji River and its bridge
A six-fold paper screen with the Plains at Musashino
A six-fold paper screen with poem slips
