Spring
painter
Unknown
Dateearly 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumOne of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Dimensions156 x 361 cm (61 7/16 x 142 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP29w7.1
eMuseum ID726989
Original NumberC23.1
EmbARK ObjectID15435
Previous NumberP29w7.a
TMS Source ID4001
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 7. (as "Japanese Screen, Flowers on Gold Ground," by Korin)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136. (under "Objects Not Catalogued").
John M. Rosenfield. "Japanese Painting Workshops and the Gardner Museum Collections." Competition and Collaboration: Hereditary Schools in Japanese Culture. Fenway Court, vol. 24 (Boston, 1993), p. 8.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 22, 28-30 fig. 23, 50 n. 156, 380 n. 40, 419-421 fig. 1-2.
David Odo. "Deceptive Intimacy: Isabella Stewart Gardner's 1883 Japan Travel Albums" in Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley (ed.). Fellow Wanderer: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), pp.163-164, fig. 1.
David Odo, "Deceptive Intimacy: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s 1883 Japan Travel Albums," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 21 March 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/deceptive-intimacy-isabella-stewart-gardners-1883-japan-travel-albums
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136. (under "Objects Not Catalogued").
John M. Rosenfield. "Japanese Painting Workshops and the Gardner Museum Collections." Competition and Collaboration: Hereditary Schools in Japanese Culture. Fenway Court, vol. 24 (Boston, 1993), p. 8.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 22, 28-30 fig. 23, 50 n. 156, 380 n. 40, 419-421 fig. 1-2.
David Odo. "Deceptive Intimacy: Isabella Stewart Gardner's 1883 Japan Travel Albums" in Diana Seave Greenwald and Casey Riley (ed.). Fellow Wanderer: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2023), pp.163-164, fig. 1.
David Odo, "Deceptive Intimacy: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s 1883 Japan Travel Albums," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 21 March 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/deceptive-intimacy-isabella-stewart-gardners-1883-japan-travel-albums
MarksNotesBoth signed: "Hokkyo Korin" [forgery]
Both sealed: "Seisei" and "Dosu" [alternative names used by the artist, also forgeries]
Both sealed: "Seisei" and "Dosu" [alternative names used by the artist, also forgeries]
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Kinshodo, Tokyo for 380 yen on 30 July 1883 as the work of Ogata Korin (1658-1716) of the Rimpa school.
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