The Four Favorite Flowers (Shiai zu)
Artwork Details
- 入江之介筆 四愛図
- Title:The Four Favorite Flowers (Shiai zu)
- Artist:Irie Shikai (Japanese, 1862–1940)
- Period:Taishō period (1912–26)
- Date:1916
- Culture:Japan
- Medium:Set of four hanging scrolls: ink and color on silk
- Dimensions:Image (each): 67 15/16 × 21 13/16 in. (172.5 × 55.4 cm)
Overall with mounting (each): 90 1/4 × 28 1/2 in. (229.3 × 72.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 90 1/4 × 31 1/8 in. (229.2 × 79.1 cm) - Classification:Paintings
- Credit Line:Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2025
- Object Number:2025.795.28a–d
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Irie Shikai (Japanese, 1862–1940)
1931
Tsuji Kakō (Japanese, 1870–1931)
ca. 1920
Chae Yongsin (artist name: Seokji) (Korean, 1850–1941)
dated by inscription to 1924
Yi Yong-u (artist name: Mungno) (Korean, 1902–1952)
probably 1940s
Inoue Yūichi (Japanese, 1916–1985)
1966
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