Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), by Ogata Kōrin, after 1709
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Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)

after 1709

Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper
Classification
Paintings
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)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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