The Burke Collection
(obverse) Princess Akikonomu (秋好中宮), from “Otome” (少女) chapter of Genji monogatari (源氏物語); (reverse) Bush clover
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89-2

Artist

Sakai Hōitsu

(酒井抱一; 1761–1828)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 18th century

Fan; (obverse) ink, color, and gold on gilded silk; (reverse) ink, color, and gold on silvered silk

24 x 22 cm (9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Yamane Yūzō 1977–80, vol. 2 (1977), no. 123
Yamane Yūzō
1977–80
[Editor]. Rinpa kaiga zenshū (Survey of Rinpa paintings). Vols. 1–2, Sōtatsu ha I–II. Vols. 3–4, Korin ha I–II. Vol. 5, Hōitsu ha. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.

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Yamane Yūzō 1989, no. 71
Yamane Yūzō
1989
[Editor]. Nihon no bi, Rinpa: Sōtatsu, Kōrin, Hōitsu kara gendai made (The beauty of Japan, Rinpa: from Sōtatsu, Kōrin, and Hōitsu to modern times). Exh. cat., Fukuoka City Museum. [Fukuoka]: Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting; Kitakyushū: Asahi Shinbunsha.

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Kobayashi Tadashi 1990, p. 282, no. 287
Kobayashi Tadashi
1990
[Editor]. Rinpa. Vol. 2, Kachō (Seasonal flowering plants and birds). Kyoto: Shikōsha, 1990.

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Murashige Yasushi 1991, p. 58, no. 50
Murashige Yasushi
1991
[Editor]. Rinpa. Vol. 4, Jinbutsu (Scenes from literature, people). Kyoto: Shikōsha.

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Asahi Shinbusha 1994–95, no. 93
Asahi Shinbunsha
1994–95
Nihonbi no seika: Rinpa (Rinpa: The essence of Japanese beauty). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha.

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McKelway 2012, pp. 122–23, no. 34.
McKelway, Matthew P.
2012
Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828). Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society Gallery.

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Additional details

D89-1
obverse
D89-1
D89-2

[obverse]

Signature

Painted by Hōitsu Kishin

Seal

Hōitsu

[reverse]

Seal

Uka Dōjin