Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo (Q60472003)
Label from: English (en)
artist:
Yamaguchi Sekkei (Q11467532)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly:
Japan (Q17)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.10
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: 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.
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