Artwork Details
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56-1/8 x 32-15/16 in. (overall) 28-3/8 x 18-15/16 in. (image)
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Mark Description
Signed: Yama Hiromine ga (Japanese characters) Red intaglio seal: [Hiromine] (Japanese characters)
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Gift of David F. and Joan D. Kahn in honor of the Asian Art Society of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the IMA Docents
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Asian Art (Japanese and Korean)
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Provenance
[Toyobi Fred and Joan Baekeland, New York, New York]; Joan and David Kahn, Indianapolis, Indiana; IMA.
Gallery Labels
Chapter Nine of the Tales of Ise (10th century) contains a poem written by the courtier-poet Ariwara no Narihira upon his sighting of Mt. Fuji:
Fuji is a mountain/That knows no seasons./What time does it take this for/That it should be dappled/With fallen snow?
[trans. Helen Craig McCullough]
The Sumiyoshi school was an offspring of the Tosa school, and like its parent it specialized in the painting style called yamato-e. Traditionally associated with the imperial court and the illustration of courtly literature and narrative picture scrolls, yamato-e emphasized delicate brushwork, classical themes, and detailed patterns over opaque colors. The Tosa school masters served the court in Kyoto, and the Sumiyoshi painters served the Shōgun.
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