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Morning Glories
Artist:Suzuki Kiitsu
| Support Type: | Paper |
| Paint Type: | Ink |
| Current Location: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location History: | Morning Glories was created in Japan during the early nineteenth century, likely in Edo (present-day Tokyo), where Suzuki Kiitsu worked as a leading painter of the Rinpa school. The folding screens remained in Japan until the mid-twentieth century, when they were acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1954 through the Seymour Fund, becoming part of the museum's Asian Art collection, where they are preserved today. |
Suzuki Kiitsu;s work titled " Morning Glories " is a celebration of natures wonder and symbolises the fleeting nature of life and beauty which is a central theme is Japanese art. He has painted the glory vines against a gold background intentionally to direct the views attention solely to the vines.The morning glories carry a symbolic meaning in Japanese culture, their blossom open with sunrise and fade by evening which shows the transient nature of life. Kiitsu through vibrant colours and rhythmic composition has transformed an ordinary plant into a reflection of life emphasising that even beauty even for fleeting moment is precious .
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Manaswini Dash