Maize and Cockscombs
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An unknown Japanese painter made Maize and Cockscombs in the middle of the seventeenth century; the screen is at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. It survives as one half of a pair. The plants are described with the precision of botanical illustration, reflecting an Edo-period interest in natural science. Maize was not native to Japan, and its inclusion shows the acceptance of unfamiliar subjects by painters and patrons. The screen combines older court-painting techniques with the bold pattern and bright colour favoured under the Tokugawa shoguns.
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During the Edo period, the prosperity and political unification of Japan under the ruling Tokugawa shoguns led to the emergence of a magnificent Japanese decorative style characterized by a love of bold patterns and bright colors. This new style was supported by the military class, a disenfranchised aristocracy, and a thriving class of merchants and entrepreneurs. The surviving half of an original pair, this splendid screen elegantly embodies both the techniques of ancient court painters and the curiosity and confidence so prevalent in the Edo period. Bursting with sensual fullness, the maize and cockscombs are rendered with the accuracy of a botanical drawing, a testimony to the era’s interest in natural science. The appearance of maize, a grain not native to Japan, indicates a willingness to assimilate new subject matter on the part of Edo artists and patrons.
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- 1959.599
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