Hollyhocks
Kamisaka Sekka
1910
- Medium
- Fan, mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 15 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (40.32 × 24.77 cm) (image) 42 11/16 × 17 7/16 in. (108.43 × 44.29 cm) (mount, without roller)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
Floral motifs form a significant part of the Rinpa school’s canon of subjects. In a composition that skillfully makes use of the limited space, Sekka captures a hollyhock in an abbreviated and simplified way typical for Rinpa.
