Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Willow Trees in Spring Storm

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Willow Trees in Spring Storm,

ca. 1794

Maruyama Ōkyo 圓山應擧, 1733–1795
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2012-78

Information

Title
Willow Trees in Spring Storm
Dates

ca. 1794

Maker
Maruyama Ōkyo 圓山應擧
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 99.0 x 33.9 cm. (38 x 13 3/4 in.) Mount: 186.7 x 49.5 cm. (73 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2012-78
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed lower left: 応挙 "Ōkyo"
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, "Ōkyo no in" 応挙之印 (“seal of Ōkyo”), square, bottom right
Description
In this simple but dramatic painting, Ōkyo painted probably with a broad, flat brush to render clouds, wind, and rain in ink wash. The bending willow trees on the lower-right convey a real sense of strong wind. The signature on the lower-right corner is in a cursive calligraphy style, unusual but not unseen among his works, fits the rough painting style quite well. The cursive style signature also suggests this is one of Ōkyo’s later works, done around 1790s.
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese painting styles, paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, silk (textile)
Subject
landscapes (representations), willow trees, storms, spring, rain

–2012 Leighton R. Longhi Inc., Oriental Fine Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.

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