Landscapes of the Four Seasons

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Kawabata Gyokusho

  • Meiji period, 1899
  • color on silk
  • set of four paintings

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Paintings commissioned by Emperor Meiji, to be exhibited in the 1900 Paris International Exposition, created by Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913). Scenic areas of the four seasons are depicted, such as Mt.Yoshino, Nezame-no-Toko, Usuitoge Pass, and Itsukushima Shrine. It was first created as a four-panel folding screen painting, but it was not exhibited in the mentioned exposition as a folding screen, and was completed in a framed style.(「Passing Down Masterpieces」2020)

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Title/Name Landscapes of the Four Seasons
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Name
Artist/
Creator
Kawabata Gyokusho
Period/Era Meiji period
Century
Quantity set of four paintings
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Technique
color on silk picture frame
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Origin
Excavation
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Place
Kyoto Tokyo Nara Nagano Gunma Hiroshima
Provenance
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No.
SZK002483
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
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Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Paintings commissioned by Emperor Meiji, to be exhibited in the 1900 Paris International Exposition, created by Kawabata Gyokusho (1842-1913). Scenic areas of the four seasons are depicted, such as Mt.Yoshino, Nezame-no-Toko, Usuitoge Pass, and Itsukushima Shrine. It was first created as a four-panel folding screen painting, but it was not exhibited in the mentioned exposition as a folding screen, and was completed in a framed style.(「Passing Down Masterpieces」2020)