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Edo Period 6-Panel Folding Screen

Author: info@shirakuragallery.com

Sumi, color, and and gofun on gilded paper. This piece done in the early Edo period features two rabbits frolicking in a sunny floral pasture. The flowers in this composition are particularly striking and emanate a soft radiance due to the use of a gofun treatment in which a white pigment made from high quality oyster shells is applied to the canvas. A classic naturalistic landscape, the rabbits in the foreground are rendered in such a way as to suggest movement while the hills floating in the background add extra dimensions to the composition.

  • Artist: Unknown
  • Dimensions:
  • Period: Early Edo
  • Price: ¥5,000,000
  • Author: info@shirakuragallery.com

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