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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
White Peach Blossoms
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

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
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