Orchid Pavilion

Hanging scroll (kakemono)

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 1461
Type: painting; hanging scroll
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1869
Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Péter Vay
Marks: two red stamps, date
Materials/Techniques: ink and colours on paper, silk mounting, wooden rolls and wooden roll-ends
Dimensions: height: 177 cm
width: 42.6 cm
mirror: 128.3 × 31.8 cm
A mountain stream runs the length of the painting. It is shown plunging as a waterfall in the high mountains at the top of the painting, becoming
a calm stream in the middle of the image. A house on stilts stands in the centre, with utensils for tea making set out on the bank of the stream. Three-line inscription: The picture was painted by Keien in the autumn of the second year of the Meiji period.