Quails with a cricket, millet and flowers

Tosa Mitsuoki, c. 1655 - c. 1681

Painters of the Tosa School were purveyors of art to the Japanese imperial court. They worked in an extremely meticulous and refined style. Within the confines of the small picture plane, Tosa Mitsuoki portrayed a rich autumnal scene with a pair of quails, the hen of which has caught a cricket. They are surrounded by ears of millet, hibiscus, balloon flowers, and tsuyukusa (Asiatic dayflower).

Artwork typehanging scroll
Object numberAK-MAK-168
Dimensionswidth 443 mm, height 7 cm x width 48 cm x depth 7.5 cm, height 1135 mm x width 394 mm, diameter 24 mm, width 350 mm, diameter 40 mm
Physical characteristicsinkt en kleur op zijde

Quails with a cricket, millet and flowers

Identification

Title(s)
Quails with a cricket, millet and flowers
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-168
Description
Hangrolschildering op zijde met in inkt en kleur een voorstelling van een paar kwartels bij gierst, hibiscus, ballonklokje en tsuyukusa (Gewone commelina, Commelina communis), het vrouwtje met een krekel in de bek. Gesigneerd ‘土佐左近将監光起筆’, ‘Tosa sakon (no) shogen Mitsuoki hitsusu’, ‘Geschilderd door Tosa sakon shōgen Mitsuoki’; zegel ‘光起之印’, ‘Mitsuoki no in’, ‘zegel van Mitsuoki’. Houten doos.
Catalogue reference
Menno Fitski, 'Kijk op Japan', Aziatische Kunst 35/1 (2005), pp. 14-26.

Creation

Creation
painter: Tosa Mitsuoki, Japan
Dating
c. 1655 - c. 1681
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Material and technique

Physical description
inkt en kleur op zijde
Material
Dimensions
- width 443 mm
- height 7 cm x width 48 cm x depth 7.5 cm
- height 1135 mm x width 394 mm
- diameter 24 mm
- width 350 mm
- diameter 40 mm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Kitanaka, Kyoto, 1930)
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; from the dealer Kitanaka, Kyoto, ¥ 120, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

Menno Fitski, 'Kijk op Japan', Aziatische Kunst 35/1 (2005), pp. 14-26.

Persistent URL

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20023970