Tawaraya Sotatsu

Raijin, God of Thunder

US$ 570.00

The thunder god beats his ring of drums across a field of gold leaf, wind in his hair, everything else left bare. Sotatsu understood that a figure isolated on gold reads more powerfully than one placed in a landscape. The long horizontal proportions come from the folding screen it was painted on, and they suit a wide modern wall unusually well.

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Tawaraya Sotatsu (active c. 1600-1640) ran a fan-painting workshop in Kyoto and, with the calligrapher Hon’ami Koetsu, founded the Rinpa school — a manner defined by bold flat shapes, gold-leaf grounds and an unusual willingness to leave space empty. Almost nothing is known of his life, not even his dates. His screens influenced Japanese design for three centuries and were later admired by the Art Nouveau painters of Europe.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 54 × 25 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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