Blue Iris in Spring Rain

Name: Blue Iris in Spring Rain
SKU: 5348
Price: 230.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 110 x 44 cm

Product number: 5348

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Details about the sold piece

Height 110 cm
Width 44 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

In vivid blue with bright yellow accents, an iris blossom opens here, surrounded by slender leaves in soft green and two still-closed buds. Unlike pure ink painting, this work deliberately relies on color, lending the blossom a particular freshness and vitality.

The motif is accompanied by handwritten verses that speak of fine rain and growing fish in the spring waters – a poetic image for fertility and the awakening of nature in this season. The iris itself is traditionally regarded as a symbol of courage and purity.

Painted on paper, with a jikusaki made of wood, this hand-painted unique work dates from the Shôwa period. It is a colorful choice for lovers of classical Japanese flower painting with a literary reference.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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