After Sotatsu, Rimpa School (front) and Yoshimura Shuzan (d. 1776) (back)
Late Edo Period, 18th century
A pair of six-fold screens, painted on both sides, the front richly decorated with a cornucopia of flowers and plants in ink, tarashikomi, gofun and the moriage technique, the reverse painted in sumi and silver on paper; one screen depicting Spring and Summer flowers growing in profusion, including yaezakura, botan, shobu, yuri and fuji; bearing signature Hokkyo Sotatsu zu with inen seal; the reverse with a pair of cranes beside tall bamboo; signed Hogen Sokosai Shuzan hitsu; the other screen of Autumnal flowers including kiku, kikyo, oniyuri and fuyo growing beneath a flowering maple tree, bearing signature Sotatsu zu; the back painted with three cranes beside young pine; signed Hogen Sokosai Shuzan hitsu. 168cm x 381.4cm (66 1/8in x 150¼in). (2).
