Bamboo in the Four Seasons
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Catalogue
- Year
- 1480
- Dimensions
- Image (each): 61 13/16 in. × 11 ft. 9 3/4 in. (157 × 360 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Mitsunobu
Artist
Painting
Tosa Mitsunobu was a Japanese painter, the founder of the Tosa school of Japanese painting. Born into a family that had traditionally served as painters to the Imperial court, he was head of the court painting bureau from 1493 to 1496. In 1518, he was appointed chief artist to the Ashikaga shogunates.
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1720 · Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
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1571 · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Flowers and Grasses of the Four Seasons
1567 · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold paint, and gold leaf on paper
Birds and Flowers
1540 · One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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