八橋図屏風 |Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin · Japanese

Date: after 1709

Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper

Dimensions: Image (each screen): 64 7/16 in. x 11ft. 6 3/4 in. (163.7 x 352.4 cm) Overall (each screen): 70 1/2 in. x 12 ft. 2 1/4 in. (179.1 x 371.5 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Culture: Japan

Period: Edo period (1615–1868)

Themes: Bridges, Flowers

Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953