Kusumi Morikage “Baikaro（Figures of Ancient China）”

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IItem No.	J1570
Title	Baikaro（Figures of Ancient China）／Ink and color on silk
Overall size	175.5㎝×50㎝
Artwork size	63.5㎝×34.7㎝
Artist	By Kusumi Morikage
Date Created	1624～1704
Price	￥3,500,000（excluding tax ）

　Baikaro is a Chinese legend.
　A farmer named Tanro was cultivating his land with a picture of his beautiful wife in front of him. One day, however, the painting was blown into the palace by the wind, and the emperor saw it and summoned his wife to the palace.
　The story goes that Tanro continued to go to the palace after that, yearning for his wife and to bring her flowers.
The painting depicts the first half of the story, but the dark expression on Dandoro’s face foreshadows the later development of the story.
　
　The painting is generally rendered with strong brush strokes, a technique Morikage learned from the Kano school. On the other hand, the light and careful coloring gives the painting a soft atmosphere.

　Kusumi Morikage was a painter of the Kano school active in the early Edo period. He was called one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Kano Tan’yu (1602-1674), but was later excommunicated, and developed his own style of painting. He is known for works such as the national treasure “Cooling off” (Noryozu screens) (Tokyo National Museum collection).

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