White Peach Blossoms

Dateca. 1919

Maker Sakakibara Shiho Japanese 1887 - 1971

Label TextThe gnarled, almost otherworldly peach tree rising from the center of the two-paneled screen is oddly juxtaposed with a pair of white chickens sitting placidly beneath the jutting branches. Shiho, who was one of the founders of the Kokuga Society, a nihonga painting collective, sought to foster reform of traditional painting by emphasizing self-expression and imagination, two traits clearly at play in this provocative painting.

Object number2010.41.84

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Transforming Traditions: Japanese and Korean Art since 1800", May 23, 2009 - February 21, 2010Published References

Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions66 3/4 x 74 in. (169.5 x 188 cm)

MediumInk and colors on silk