This screen was the first Japanese painting to enter the Museum’s collection in 1920. Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570–1643), one of the founders of the Rinpa school, first used this seal, and it continued to be used by successive artists in his workshop. At the lower left corner is a round I’nen seal impressed in red. Together, the bush clover, Chinese bellflower, and Japanese silver grass are three of the so-called “seven grasses of autumn” ( aki no nanakusa) and reinforce the seasonal theme. Blue Chinese bellflowers ( kikyō Platycodon grandiflorus) also animate the lower right while clumps of delicate Japanese silver grass ( susuki Miscanthus sinensis) emerge from behind the chrysanthemums at the back. The white-flowering variety of the bush clover ( shirohagi Lespedeza japonica) in the lower right corner, a favorite motif among Japanese poets since ancient times, is associated with melancholy and unrequited love. The petals of the white chrysanthemums were painted in a raised technique called moriage. The chrysanthemums are shown in three distinct colors: white, orange, and red. This screen features chrysanthemums ( kiku in Japanese) and autumnal plants ( akikusa, literally “autumnal grasses”) against a gold background enlivened with golden clouds. Walser, and 316 additional donors to the 1982 Art Enrichment Fund 150:1982 Eggleston, Gallery of the Masters, Inc., Mr. Longmire, the John Allan Love Charitable Foundation, the Columbia Terminals Company Charitable Trust, Mrs. Olin, Mary and Oliver Langenberg, Jacob M. Adam Pynacker, Dutch, c.1620–1673 Landscape with a Goatherd, c.1650 oil on panel 15 1/4 x 24 inches Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Shop Fund, Friends Endowment Fund, and funds given by Christian B.
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