ID: 700000099 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000099	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges) (screens (furniture); Ogata Korin (Japanese, 1658-1716); after 1709; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 53.7.1-2 )

Note: The stately, vertical forms of irises set against an angular bridge that sweeps diagonally across both screens refer to an episode in The Ise Stories (Ise monogatari). Exiled from Kyoto after an affair with a high-ranking court lady, the story’s protagonist stops at Yatsuhashi, a place where a stream branches into eight channels, each with its own bridge. The sight of irises prompts him to compose a nostalgic love poem. The first syllable of each line forms the Japanese word for irises (kakitsubata).

Titles:

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges) (preferred,C,U,RP,English,U,U)

Eight-Planked Bridge (Yatsuhashi) (C,U,PB,English,U,U)

八橋図屏風 (C,U,Japanese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

screens (furniture) [300037737] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>)

set (group) [300133146]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Groupings and Systems (hierarchy name), object groupings, <object groupings by general context>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Asian art

Creation Date: after 1709

Creator Display:

Ogata Korin (Japanese, 1658-1716) [preferred,VP]

painter Ogata Korin (Japanese painter, 1658-1716) [500034109]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 53.7.1-2

Credit Line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953

Creation: Kyōto [7004603] Kyōto (prefecture), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: ink, color, and gold-leaf on paper, using tarashikomi (color blending technique)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	tarashikomi [300264863]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

Dimensions: pair of six-panel folding screens; each 179.1 x 371.5 cm (5 feet 1 1/2 inches x 12 feet 2 1/4 inches)

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Edo (Japanese period) [300106643] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Japanese (culture or style), Early Modern Japanese)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Ise monogatari [901000058]
	.....((Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	yatsuhashi (bridges) [300417980]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by form>) (AAT)

	iris (plant) [300343602]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Liliopsida (class), Asparagales (order), Iridaceae (family)) (AAT)

	love (emotion) [300055165]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, positive emotions) (AAT)

	longing [300343845]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, positive emotions) (AAT)

	journeying [300080094]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Signature: Seisei Kōrin (right screen); Hokkyō Kōrin (left screen); Seal: Masatoki (both screens).

Marks: Seal: Masatoki (both screens)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Eight-Planked Bridge (Yatsuhashi)	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed January 2009
八橋図屏風	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... CDWA online (1995-)
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)