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Rose mallow

Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

This small painting came from a group of thirty-seven "plant studies" attributed to Kenzan and formerly owned by the French printer Charles Gillot (1853-1903), whose large collection of Japanese art also included Kenzan pottery. The thick, clay-impregnated paper used for this painting suggests that it and the other "studies" were cut out of a large, flat painting such as a screen or sliding-door panel, which had become too damaged to be repaired.

Date

Probably 19th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink, mineral pigments, and gold on clay-loaded paper

Department

NMAA

Institution

National Museum of Asian Art

Object number

fsg_F1904.32

Credit

Gift of Charles Lang Freer