Morning Glories, 俵屋宗理筆　朝顔図屏風, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper, 19

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Morning Glories, 俵屋宗理筆　朝顔図屏風, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper, 19 15/16 x 65 3/16 in. ( x cm), Screens, Tawaraya Sōri (active late 18th century), This understated painting of morning glories in various stages of bloom shows a fluent use of Rinpa idioms, such as the mottled-ink (tarashikomi) technique seen in the leaves. Also characteristic of the Rinpa aesthetic is the elegantly spacious arrangement of the morning-glory vine within the horizontal composition

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