Peacocks and Bamboo
1504
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1504
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Peacocks and Bamboo is a 1504 unspecified by Tosa Mitsuyoshi, a Nihonga work, depicting Momoyama Period, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows peacocks and bamboo in a beautiful setting. The birds are big and colorful, and the background is made of gold foil. This was a common technique used in Japanese art during the Momoyama period to make artworks look rich and fancy. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist Tosa Mitsuyoshi.
The immense heraldic birds on display in these byøbu reflect the Momoyama era's spirit of newly gained self-confidence and an affinity for grand expressive statements in painting, architecture, the textile and ceramic arts, as well as garden design. While that period preceded the arrival of prosperity, it clearly marked an extra---ordinary moment in Japanese cultural history, one frequently compared with the twelfth century of the Heian period. Through the extensive use of gold-foil backgrounds rather than the somber palette of carefully orchestrated ink tones evident in Muromachi byøbu,…
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