Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden

Formerly attributed to Kano Eitoku Japanese

first half 17th century

Not on view

Images of women and children in a springtime garden were ubiquitous in Japan in the Edo period. The subject was commonly featured on precious objects made for brides and in the interior decorations of Buddhist nunneries, where aristocratic women often lived in retirement. In this example, women play chess in the right-hand panels, and they safeguard children playing at left.

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伝狩野永徳筆　唐美人唐子図屏風
Title: Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden
Artist: Formerly attributed to Kano Eitoku (Japanese, 1543–1590)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: first half 17th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: 65 1/4 x 146 1/4 in. (165.8 x 371.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Object Number: 29.100.495a–f
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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