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Viewing Maple Leaves

Kano Hideyori

Viewing Maple Leaves exhibition

Viewing Maple Leaves

High-resolution facsimiles

Material
printed on washi paper
Period of creation
The Joint-research Project with CPCP 2020
Collection
Tokyo National Museum

Original

Cultural property designation
National Treasure
Artist
Kano Hideyori
Historical era
Muromachi-Azuchi-Momoyama (16th century)
Material
ink, color on washi paper
Medium
six-fold screen
Size
H150.2 × W365.5 cm
Collection
Tokyo National Museum

Description

This painting depicts people enjoying themselves while viewing the foliage beside Kiyotaki River in Takao, an area north of Kyoto famed for its beautiful autumn foliage. On the screens to your right, women with children relax by the river and view the autumn leaves while drinking sake or tea made by a tea vendor. Two men play flutes on the bridge in the center. A Buddhist priest and a young apprentice chat away as they prepare to cross the bridge. On the left, men sit in a circle and sing and dance as they enjoy a sake party. In the distance, from the clouds that float in the mid-section of the screen, the pagoda of Jingoji temple peeks out on the right. The gate and approach to Atago shrine appear through the clouds on the left. They are covered in snow, as if to announce the onset of winter. This painting vividly portrays the clothes, food, and forms of entertainment enjoyed by people of the time. We hope you enjoy these scenes of people merrymaking alongside the beautiful autumn foliage.

— Cited from Colbase

How the Works Are Created

How the Works Are Created

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About the Tsuzuri Project

About the Tsuzuri Project

This section shares the significance and passion behind the Tsuzuri Project and how we utilize the high resolution facsimiles of precious cultural assets, which are designated as national treasures and important cultural assets, and Japanese artworks that have left Japan.