Private collection, United States
A pair of six-fold paper screens depicting the engawa (verandah) of a grand mansion with shoji and painted fusuma (sliding doors) beside an internal garden with trees and flowers.
Transition of the four seasons from spring to winter is depicted via the motifs: spring and summer represented by sakura (cherry blossoms) and vibrant green pine and other verdant plants in the garden; autumn and winter represented by asagao (morning glory) and chidori (plover) flying over drying fishing nets painted on the fusuma doors respectively.
Ink, colour, gold, silver and gold leaf on paper; details in moriage (raised design).
Hasegawa School, Japan 17th century, Edo period.
Screens
A two-fold screen with the Uji River and its bridge
An eight-fold screen depicting flowers of the four seasons
A six-fold screen with a cherry tree
A two-fold screen with a river landscape
A six-fold screen with a covey of uzura and chicks
A six-fold screen with grape vines
A two-fold screen with chrysanthemums
A pair of six-fold paper screens with the Plains at Musashino
A pair of four-fold screens with kuri flowers
A two-fold screen with court ladies
Four fusuma by Nagasawa Rosetsu
A six-fold screen with autumn flowers and grasses
A six-fold paper screen with poem slips
A pair of six-fold screens with scattered fans
A paper screen with the Uji river and its bridge
A pair of six-fold screens with poem slips from the 17th century
A two-fold lacquer screen with a persimmon tree
A six-fold paper screen with the Plains at Musashino
