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\nJapan Edo period, 18th century, Nezu Museum[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”permission-img-text”]Reproduced with special permission from the Nezu Museum, Tokyo..[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”619″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”slider-right-section” width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”common-title slider-right-title transform-normal”]Irises By Ogata K\u014drin[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”common-para”]National Treasures Irises (left screen) by Ogata K\u014drin \u2013 Ink and color on gold-foiled paper \u2013 18th century, Edo Period, Japan [NEZU Museum, Tokyo][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”common-para”]The Japanese Blue Irises (Kakitsubata-zu in Japanese), a masterpiece by Ogata K\u014drin from the Rinpa school, painted on a set of two six-panel screens (by\u014dbu in Japanese) is recognized by the Japanese government as a National Treasure. The irises by K\u014drin feature prominently on the five-thousand Japanese Yen bank notes. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”common-para”]The panels display the irises in full bloom, against the subdued dull golden backdrop in contrast to the flowers\u2019 iridescence. The paintings are believed to be part of the illustration of one particular uta-monogatari (poem-tale, a style of writing poetry wherein prose is interspersed with poetry) titled: Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise, Azuma Kundari chapter). In this poem the irises represent the fond memories of the lover Narihara (the protagonist in the Tales of Ise) in exile away from his beloved. Similar artistic traditions exist in India at the confluence of poetry and visual arts (e.g., renditions of\u0003the stories of the Ramayana, the first epic poem or the adi kavya (Sanskrit), as Kalighat patachitra (scroll paintings in Bengali, from Kalighat, Calcutta, India). [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”common-para”]Irises have deep symbolic meaning, across disparate cultures, from the West to the East, and have inspired artists like Van Gogh, apart from the likes of Ogata K\u014drin. Irises also represent the French royalty and spirit as the Fleur-de-Lis, and adorn the regional flag of Brussels. Further, irises appear in the motifs adorning the Rosette Palace (in Thailand) described in the Temple of Dawn (part of the tetralogy titled: The Sea of fertility (Hojo no Umi in Japanese)) by Yukio Mishima. In India, irises are found in the Khasi hills and parts of the North Eastern states (India\u2019s Gateway to the East), and Kashmir. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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