- TOP
- Court Women Viewing Flowers
Overview
Court Women Viewing Flowers
- Museum No.
- AK445
Photo No：72275-31692
Color type：Monochrome
| Title | Court Women Viewing Flowers |
|---|---|
| Designation | |
| Artist | Mikuma Shiko |
| Category | Painting (A), Early Modern Painting, Figure Painting |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo Mid-term |
| Century | 18th |
| Year | |
| Quantity | |
| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 119.5cm Width 52.4cm |
| Inscription by | |
| Signature/Seals Etc | |
| Donor | Okamura Takemori |
- Share >
-
This object may be one within a set or the title of a set. To see all objects in the set, perform a Category Search by the Museum Number below, entering numerals only before the hyphen.
The Nagasaki painter Mikuma Shikô (1730-94), also known as Katen, was born in Kaga Province (today southern Ishikawa Prefecture). He first studied under Ôtomo Gekko, who was known for his paintings of animals, but gradually Katen grew dissatisfied with painting animals, both real and imaginary, and began to try his hand at genre paintings. His unusual expression of figures became popular in his day. He was also known for his portraits of eccentrics in Kindai Kijindan (Biographies of Modern Eccentrics) by the poet and Edo-period scholar of Japanese studies, Ban Kôkei (1733-1806).
Japan-Edo-Mid