Summer Flowers

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Artist: Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50)
Date: mid-1600s
Medium: hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: overall: height 1.953 m, width 0.648 m; painting only: height 1.07 m, width 0.45 m
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A48461 · 68%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #6A523C · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #80664A · 9%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4A3B2E · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C7AD94 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B99A7B · 2%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #DECCBD · 1%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #9A5B54 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AA7562 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #938372 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BD785E · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #847B72 · <1%

Sanguine Study · Red family · #AA4D43 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #545B45 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #867E5F · <1%

Moss Fresco · Green family · #687053 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #372E33 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4D6753 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Maud Eells Corning

10 tags

Flora Both · 99%

The title is Summer Flowers, and the image is dominated by flowering plants, grasses, stems, and leaves.

Earth Tones Visual · 96%

The composition is dominated by warm ochre, tan, brown, and muted green tones, with contrasting red, pink, white, and blue floral accents.
Dense Composition Visual · 96%

Overlapping stems, leaves, grasses, and blossoms form a richly crowded botanical passage across the lower and middle portions of the image.
Linear Forms Visual · 94%

Fine stems and leaf contours are emphasized throughout, including long sweeping and arching linear forms.

Painting Both · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted botanical composition.
Hanging Scroll Metadata · 99%

The object is cataloged as a hanging scroll.

17th Century Art Metadata · 96%

The catalog dates the work to the mid-1600s, with a date range of 1640–1660.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as Japan and the work as Japanese Art from the Edo period.

Gold Metadata · 99%

The cataloged medium is ink, color, and gold on paper.
Use of Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support: ink, color, and gold on paper.

Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50). Summer Flowers. Cleveland Museum of Art.