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Kiitsu was the successor to Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), who had single-handedly revived and expanded the Rimpa style in Edo (present-day Tokyo). In 1815, Hoitsu's research of the paintings of Ogata Korin (1658-1716) resulted in a printed catalogue of the earlier master's works. Under Hoitsu, Edo-style Rimpa acquired a feeling of polish and quasirealism that distinguished it from styles popular in Kyoto, such as Hochu's persimmons in this gallery.
Kiitsu's study of attenuated and gently curving poppies provides provocative compositional tension. The painter hints that the composition's light creature on an equally delicate blossom endangers the balance of the whole.
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