Two Fine Luxuriously Painted Scrolls 260 X 4900 Mm 260 X 4930 Mm On Mica Paper Gold Flaked On Verso

by Rice Cultivation Through The Four Seasons Two Scrolls

$35,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Japan: early mid-Edo . The theme of the four seasons of rice cultivation has had an extensive presence within Japanese art and literature. These two luxury festive scrolls beautifully depict the year-long cycle of rice growing in Japan, along with the ancillary activities that took place during the year in the countryside, including falconry, growing vegetables and fruits, seasonal festivals, ways of relaxation, and the annual tribute of rice to the

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