Tiles with Waka (Court Poems) of the Four Seasons
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Four tiles in the shape of poem cards feature abbreviated landscapes executed with soft, wash-like brushstrokes in underglaze enamel. Each bears a verse by one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, famous poets from past eras, first grouped together in the eleventh century. The softness of the painted motifs contrasts with Ogata Kenzan’s strong, idiosyncratic calligraphy. A master ceramic artist, Kenzan was the younger brother of the great Rinpa painter Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716).
Artwork Details
- 乾山様式 色絵三十六歌仙和歌色紙型陶盤
- Title: Tiles with Waka (Court Poems) of the Four Seasons
- Artist: Style of Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with polychrome underglaze enamels
- Dimensions: Each: H. 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm); W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); Th. 3/16 in. (.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Promised Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art