Tosa MITSUOKI Japanese Gilt QUAILS & Autumn FLOWERS on Silk Textile Art Print

Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617 - 1691), "Quail and Autumn Flowers" Ink and Colors on Silk textile, framed under glass. Signed and red seal bottom right-hand corner.

Frame measures 17" x 17", textile measures 16" x 16"

Excellent condition, shows minor wear.

As found on MetMuseum: Artists of the Tosa school are known for refined and colorful yamato-e paintings depicting quintessentially Japanese themes such as scenes from The Tale of Genji and other literary classics. Tosa Mitsuoki is, however, also renowned for his works showing quails with flowers or grasses, reflecting an indebtedness to Chinese painting of the Southern Song dynasty. A bird-and-flower painting by Mitsuoki that does not depict quails, such as this rendering of two egrets with cotton roses, is therefore quite rare.

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