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Jacket illustration: Suzuki Kiitsu (1796–1858), Morning Glories (detail), The distinctive style of Japanese art known as Rinpa is celebrated for The MeTropoliTan MuseuM of arT
Edo period (1615–1868), early 19th century. Pair of six-panel folding its bold, graphic renderings of natural motifs, references to literature 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028
screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper, each screen and poetry, and eloquent experimentation with calligraphy. Central to metmuseum.org
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70 /16 x 12 ft. 5 ½ in. (178.3 x 379.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum the Rinpa aesthetic is the evocation of nature, especially animals and Designing Nature Designing Nature
of Art, New York; Seymour Fund, 1954 (54.69.1, .2) plants with literary connotations, as well as eye-catching compositions Designing Nature
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