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Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo
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Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732), artist · 1668 · One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper

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Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500. The use of gold foil as a backdrop for the frolicking animals served a practical as well as a decorative function. Because traditional Japanese rooms had no windows, interior lighting came from portable oil lamps and wax candles, whose effects were magnified by reflective surfaces.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo (牡丹に唐獅子と竹に虎図屏風), 1668. Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper; image: 149 x 330 cm (58 11/16 x 129 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1972.10.1
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