# Summer Flowers

- By: Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50)
- Date: mid-1600s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 197.6 x 65.5 cm (77 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.); Painting only: 107.5 x 45.8 cm (42 5/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Bequest of Maud Eells Corning
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.380)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1992.380/1992.380_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

White hydrangea, orange-colored demon’s lantern, and greenbrier vine appear together in this scroll. The artist used the dripping-in (tarashikomi) technique to create a sense of depth and dimension in the leaves of the plants. A carefully controlled brush loaded with a high ratio of water to ink or color is key to the success of this brush method. Gold lines indicate the veins of leaves and the seams of pods.