Susuki Grass
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) · c. 1525 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Susuki grass has a seasonal association with autumn in the Japanese visual and literary tradition. It is one of the “Seven Flowers of Autumn,” along with bush clover, arrowroot, pink, patrinia, mistflower, and bellflower. This composition immerses the beholder in a field of grasses and golden bands of mist. The design may have served as a backdrop for poems brushed in ink on decorated papers and attached to the surface of the screens, a practice with a long tradition in Japan. The botanical name for susuki grass is miscanthus.
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Details
- Maker
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Date
- c. 1525
- Medium
- Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 150.3 x 348.8 cm (59 3/16 x 137 5/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
Shown in
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- The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in JapanOct 19, 1991 – Dec 1, 1991
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