Two Persimmons on a Branch

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Two Persimmons on a Branch
c. 1889

About the Item

Ink and watercolor on paper on Japanese mulberry paper. Image 8 x 13 1/2. Sheet 11 1/8 x 16 1/4. Unobtrusive wrinkling in the sheet, primarily at the sheet edges. The brown flecks in the image are slivers of mulberry bark, inherent in the mulberry paper manufacturing process.Unsigned. Housed in an archival 16 x 20-inch mat with a decorative silver outer mat, suitable for framing. Sensitivity to seasonal change is an important part of Shinto, Japan’s native belief system. Since ancient times, Shinto has focused on the cycles of the earth and the annual agrarian calendar. This awareness is manifested in seasonal festivals and activities. Similarly, seasonal references are found everywhere in the Japanese literary and visual arts. Nature appears as a source of inspiration in the tenth-century Kokinshu (A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern), the earliest known official anthology of native poetry (rather than Chinese verse). These poems, produced by courtiers who embraced a highly refined aesthetic sensibility, not only celebrated the sensual appeal of elements of the natural world, but also imbued them with human emotions. Melancholy sentiments, invoked by a sense of time passing, loss, and disappointment, tended to be the most common emotional notes. This attitude can be seen in such visual arts as Buddhist and Shinto paintings of the Heian period that include lovely but short-lived blossoming cherry trees. Autumnal and winter scenes and related seasonal references, such as chrysanthemums and persimmons growing on trees that have already lost their foliage, are eloquent expressions of this same sentiment.

Creation Year:
c. 1889
Dimensions:
Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Sumi Ink,Watercolor
Movement & Style:
Showa
Period:
Late 19th Century
Condition:
The brown flecks in the image are slivers of mulberry bark, inherent in the mulberry paper manufacturing process. Unobtrusive wrinkling in the sheet, primarily at the sheet edges.
Gallery Location:
Storrs, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU33521850413