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Moon and Autumn Plants by Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一 — VisualArtsDB

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Moon and Autumn Plants

Moon and Autumn Plants

Moon and Autumn Plants

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一

1800

Medium: Ink and color on silk
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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autumnOuter spaceJapanese ArtKakemonoEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionmoon

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Flowering plants and autumn grasses posed against the backdrop of a hazy autumn moon was a popular subject for Hoitsu; close variations are found both as individual paintings and as elements of larger ensembles representing the birds and flowers of the twelve months.

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Pair of Paintings: Morning Glories (left) and Evening Glories (right)

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