El viejo ciruelo

Kano Sansetsu Japanese

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Incluso a los ciruelos más viejos les salen brotes verdes en primavera; por eso, el ciruelo es símbolo de fortaleza y rejuvenecimiento. Estas puertas corredizas separaban dos estancias de la residencia de un abad en Tenshō’in, subtemplo del Myōshinji, famoso templo Zen en Kioto. La exagerada curvatura del árbol y el incisivo trazado de las rocas geométricas son rasgos distintivos de las obras firmadas por Kano Sansetsu, discípulo y yerno del pintor Kano Sanraku (1559–1635). Sanraku, y seguramente también Sansetsu, disfrutaban del generoso mecenazgo del templo Myōshinji.

Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan

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Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan
Old Plum, Kano Sansetsu (Japanese, 1590–1651), Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper , Japan

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