Object details
Accession number
P29w7.2
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Autumn
Creation Date
early 19th century
Provenance
Purchased 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.
Marks
Both signed: "Hokkyo Korin" [forgery]
Both sealed: "Seisei" and "Dosu" [alternative names used by the artist, also forgeries]
Dimensions
156 x 361 cm (61 7/16 x 142 1/8 in.)
Display Media
One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Second Floor Passage
Bibliography
Catalogue. 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 Oto. "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. 2.
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