Four Seasons (Set of 4)
Sold – no longer available
This piece was a handmade one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 184 cm
- Width 58 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Wood
- Material Honshi Silk
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
No longer available
Description
Four hanging scrolls, four moods: the first shows a water wheel on a riverbank amid delicately blooming cherry trees for spring, the second a lively mountain stream between fresh greenery for summer, the third a waterfall bordered by colorful autumn foliage, and the fourth a deeply snow-covered winter landscape with frost-covered conifers. Together the four pictures form a complete cycle of the seasons.
In Japan it is tradition to hang only the kakemono matching the current season in the tokonoma, keeping the others carefully stored away – an expression of the close connection with the changing of the seasons that renews the living space throughout the year. All four pictures are executed in fine hand-painting on silk, bear a matching border, and clearly originate from the same hand of the Shōwa period.
The complete set is delivered in a wooden box (tomobako) signed by the artist, in which all four hanging scrolls can be stored together. A rare opportunity for collectors to acquire a cohesive ensemble of Japanese landscape painting in this completeness.
