Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa Screens

Complementing exhibitions of Rinpa art in the National Museum of Asian Art, this installation showcases remarkable works on folding screens. A magnificent image of maple leaves fills Ikeda Kōson’s six-panel screens, a major acquisition in its premiere showing at the Freer. Gold and silver illuminate Ogata Kōrin’s stately procession of cranes, as well as renowned works by other artists of the Rinpa lineage. Nature and poetry permeate these paintings, which range from spacious abstractions to pieces with a profusion of color and form.