Tawaraya Sotatsu / Nobles Viewing the Nunobiki Waterfall / 1634

Tawaraya Sotatsu
Nobles Viewing the Nunobiki Waterfall
1634 - 1643
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Creator Name: Sotatsu, Tawaraya
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1576 - 1643
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Tawaraya Sotatsu
Title: Nobles Viewing the Nunobiki Waterfall
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1634
Creation End Date: 1643
Creation Date: 1634 - 1643
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: color on and gold paper
Dimensions: H.9-7/8 x W.8-1/8 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 66.40
Credit Line: The John R. Van Derlip Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Sotatsu, one of the founders of the Rimpa school during the early 17th century, was inspired by literary themes and painting styles from Japan's classical past. This album leaf illustrates a scene from the Ise Monogatari (The Tales of Ise), a literary masterpiece written around 950. In it, a group of noblemen enjoys the view of a famous waterfall. One of the gentlemen, lamenting his low position at court, composed the following poem, inscribed on the painting by an unknown calligrapher:

I wonder which is higher

This waterfall, or the fall of my tears

As I wait in vain

Hoping today or tomorrow

To rise in the world.

Sotatsu portrayed the 10th century court nobles in a traditional manner using fine, even lines and stylized faces. He updated his composition, however, by using a technique known as tarashikomi, in which darker pigments are applied over still-wet lighter colors, resulting in softly mottled, abstract landscape forms.

AMICA ID: MIA_.66.40
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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