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Summer Flowers
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
White hydrangea, orange-colored demon’s lantern, and greenbrier vine appear together in this scroll. The artist used the dripping-in ( tarashikomi ) technique to create a sense of depth and dimension in the leaves of the plants. A carefully controlled brush loaded with a high ratio of water to ink or color is key to the success of this brush method. Gold lines indicate the veins of leaves and the seams of pods.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSummer Flowers (夏の花草図), mid-1600s. Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 197.6 x 65.5 cm (77 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.); painting only: 107.5 x 45.8 cm (42 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Maud Eells Corning, 1992.380
