Morning Glories, 俵屋宗理筆 朝顔図屏風, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper, 19 15/16 x 65 3/16 in. (50.6 x 165.6 cm), Screens, Tawaraya Sōri (active late 18th century), This understated painting of morning glories in various stages of bloom shows a fluent use of Rinpa idioms, such as the mottled-ink (tarashikomi) technique seen in the leaves. Also characteristic of the Rinpa aesthetic is the elegantly spacious arrangement of the morning-glory vine within the horizontal composition
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Morning Glories, 俵屋宗理筆 朝顔図屏風, Edo period, 1615–1868, 18th century, Japan, Two-panel folding screen, ink, color, paper, 19 15/16 x 65 3/16, 50.6 165.6 cm, Screens, Tawaraya Sōri, active late 18th, understated, painting, morning glories, various stages, bloom, fluent, Rinpa idioms, mottled-ink, tarashikomi, technique, leaves, characteristic aesthetic, elegantly spacious, arrangement, morning-glory vine, within, horizontal composition
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