Chrysanthemums at the Eastern Fence

1840s

Not on view

The inscription by the artist Kakoku on this charming painting states that he painted it in homage to a painting of the same subject by the Qing Chinese artist Yun Shouping (1633–1690). Beloved by generations of poets and painters in China, the chrysanthemums that grew at the eastern fence of the garden belonging to the poet Tao Yuanming (365–427) had a special resonance among Japanese literati. The son and student of Chinzan, who was a leading pupil of the realist painter Watanabe Kazan (1793–1841), Kakoku died quite young, leaving only a small number of works.

Artwork Details

Title: Chrysanthemums at the Eastern Fence
Artist: Tsubaki Kakoku (Japanese, 1825–1850)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1840s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Folding fan; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 17 3/8 in. (26 x 44.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Object Number: 1975.268.122
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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