Meiji Chrysanthemum Masterpiece

Against a shimmering golden background, chrysanthemums bloom in white, crimson, and yellow — flowers that in Japanese culture symbolize longevity, nobility, and the eternal cycle of ...

Against a shimmering golden background, chrysanthemums bloom in white, crimson, and yellow — flowers that in Japanese culture symbolize longevity, nobility, and the eternal cycle of ...

Late Edo Period Rinpa School Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen Period: late Edo, early 19th century Size: 364 x 172 cm (143 x 67 inches) This exquisite late Edo period Rinpa school scr...

Echo of Chrysanthemums captures the quiet dialogue between form and reflection. Against a radiant gold-leaf ground, blooming chrysanthemums rise in graceful color harmony — white, cr...

The 19th Century Six-Panel Japanese folding screen "Byōbu" usually used in the most important Japanese house to stop wind and also to separate different space of the same big room de...

An abundant use of gold with beautifully draped chrysanthemums and gold flake clouds. Mineral pigments, go fun, gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.

A very colourful and captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined continuous painting of a luscious flower garden filled with many different types of chrysanthemums (kiku), next to a winding river. This multi-coloured painting is set on a shiny gold-leaf background, and the chrysanthemum flowers are painted by using shell paste (gofun) in low relief. Several clutches with a great variety of chrysanthemum flowers are in full bloom and they each show their unique form and colour. Varying from white, red, yellow and pink. The flowers bloom all around and on different kinds of bamboo fences and trellises. In Japan chrysanthemums are believed to represent happiness, love, longevity and joy. The panels are surrounded by two silk borders, a thin black one, and a wide brown one. The screen is protected by a black and red negoro’nuri...

An imaginary garden with flowers from all seasons including spring lilies, summer hibiscuses, autumn chrysanthemums, and winter berries. Wild autumn grasses move in a soft breeze wit...