Amusements in Kyoto in the Four Seasons late 1770s-early 1780s Maruyama kyo Born to farmers in the Kyoto region, kyo moved to the capital while in his teens and rose from an apprenticeship in a toy shop to being one of the most celebrated artists in Kyoto. The founder of the Maruyama school, he incorporated elements of Chinese painting traditions and Western perspective and realism into Japanese styles. This handscroll is either kyo’s preparatory drawing for, or a sketchlike copy of, his 1777 polychrome handscroll painting of the same title (Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya).The scroll begins with a spring cherry- blossom outing on the banks of the Hozu River, followed by townspeople cooling off at the Kamo River in summer; early autumn is represented by traditional Obon dances, and winter by men and women arranging auspicious pine-sapling decorations for the New Year.. Amusements in Kyoto in the Four Seasons. Maruyama kyo (Japanese, 1733-1795). Japan. late 1770s-early 1780s. Handscroll

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Amusements in Kyoto in the Four Seasons late 1770s-early 1780s Maruyama kyo Born to farmers in the Kyoto region, kyo moved to the capital while in his teens and rose from an apprenticeship in a toy shop to being one of the most celebrated artists in Kyoto. The founder of the Maruyama school, he incorporated elements of Chinese painting traditions and Western perspective and realism into Japanese styles. This handscroll is either kyo’s preparatory drawing for, or a sketchlike copy of, his 1777 polychrome handscroll painting of the same title (Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya).The scroll begins with a spring cherry- blossom outing on the banks of the Hozu River, followed by townspeople cooling off at the Kamo River in summer; early autumn is represented by traditional Obon dances, and winter by men and women arranging auspicious pine-sapling decorations for the New Year.. Amusements in Kyoto in the Four Seasons. Maruyama kyo (Japanese, 1733-1795). Japan. late 1770s-early 1780s. Handscroll

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