The bucolic western environs of Kyoto are depicted in the opening spring scene of this scroll. The work closely follows a painting in the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya by Genki’s teacher, Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795), who championed realistic techniques in eighteenth-century Kyoto. Drawing on traditional themes of famous scenic spots and seasonal activities, Genki depicted the ordinary citizens of Kyoto performing everyday activities and put emphasis on the landscape setting.
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源琦筆 華洛四季遊楽図巻
Title:Scenes of the Four Seasons in Kyoto
Artist:Genki (Komai Ki) (Japanese, 1747–1797)
Period:Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:1778
Culture:Japan
Medium:Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:Image: 12 5/16 in. × 16 ft. 7 15/16 in. (31.3 × 507.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 12 13/16 in. × 16 ft. 7 15/16 in. (32.5 × 507.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Object Number:2015.300.201
Signature: Genki no In
Inscription: Dated "a winter day toward the end of the seventh year, An'ei era [1778]."
Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation , New York (until 2015; donated to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection," November 7, 1975–January 4, 1976.
Seattle Art Museum. "Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection," March 10–May 1, 1977.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection," June 1–July 17, 1977.
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "The Spirit of Place: Japanese Paintings and Prints from the 16th through 19th Centuries," March 1, 1984–May 6, 1984.
Chiba City Museum of Art. "Celebrated Four Seasons: An Aspect of Japanese Paintings from the 16th to 19th Centuries," April 27, 1996–June 9, 1996.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Sense of Place: Landscape in Japanese Art," May 8–September 8, 2002.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Flowing Streams: Scenes from Japanese Arts and Life," December 21, 2006–June 3, 2007.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection," October 20, 2015–May 14, 2017.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination," July 24, 2019–January 31, 2021.
Murase, Miyeko, Il Kim, Shi-yee Liu, Gratia Williams Nakahashi, Stephanie Wada, Soyoung Lee, and David Sensabaugh. Art Through a Lifetime: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Vol. 1, Japanese Paintings, Printed Works, Calligraphy. [New York]: Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, [2013], p. 323, cat. no. 393.
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