Harvard Art Museums> TL42096.15: Waves at Matsushima Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Waves at Matsushima (Suzuki Kiitsu 鈴木其一) , TL42096.15,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 27, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/340481. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Tress-like waves roil in every direction around islets that host uncannily perfect pines. Others take the form of claws as they break, protectively encircling eddies as if clutching an eye, while rows of scaly bubbles on the humped backs of waves yet to crest hint at a vast reptilian presence beneath. This numinous marine scene is a re-adaptation of a hallmark image of the School of Kōrin, whose painters creatively copied specific motifs in order to affirm their affiliation with the lineage. Extant full-size folding screens by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (active c. 1600–1640) and Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) and reproductions in woodblock-printed compilations of School of Kōrin paintings (such as those in the case below) demonstrate that several well-known versions of the subject existed. Here, Kiitsu has adapted the composition to suit the needs of this unusual, compact format. Identification and Creation Object Number TL42096.15 People Suzuki Kiitsu 鈴木其一, Japanese (Omi Province 1796 - 1858) Title Waves at Matsushima Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1833–43 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/340481 Physical Descriptions Medium Three of a set of four sliding doors (kobusuma); ink, color, and sprinkled gold on paper; enameled door-pulls (hikite) Dimensions each: 24.1 × 40.7 cm (9 1/2 × 16 in.) both panels in orginal frame: 28.6 × 98.5 cm (11 1/4 × 38 3/4 in.) overall, board mounted on: 40.5 × 100 × 4 cm (15 15/16 × 39 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks signature: 噲々其一筆 [Kaikai Kiitsu hitsu] seal: square, relief: 元長 [Genchō] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg Object Number TL42096.15 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection, exh. cat., Yomiuri Shinbunsha (Tokyo, 2013), pp. 58-59, cat. 15 Suntory Museum of Art, Himeji City Museum of Art, and Hosomi Art Museum, ed., Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School, exh. cat., Yomiuri Shinbunsha (Tokyo, 2016-2017), pp. 74-75 and p. 278, cat. 46 Rachel Saunders and Yukio Lippit, Painting Edo: Selections from the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 2020), pp. 48-49, figs. 36-37 Exhibition History The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection, Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, 05/21/2013 - 07/15/2013; Miho Museum, 07/20/2013 - 08/18/2013; Tottori Prefectural Museum, 10/05/2013 - 11/10/2013 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022 Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, 09/10/2016 - 10/30/2016; Himeji City Museum of Art, 11/12/2016 - 12/25/2016; Hosomi Art Museum, Kyoto, 01/03/2017 - 02/19/2017 Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/14/2020 - 06/06/2021 Related Articles Art Talk: Painting Edo Collections, Art Talk, Exhibitions April 29, 2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu