Monday Morning Museum: Ogata Korin

Ogata Korin - Kyoto 1658 to Saturday 2 June 1716

Japanese Painter

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges), after 1709

Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and 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)

- Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist - Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Next Monday’s Artist – Thomas Crawford

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent