# Baskets with Flowers of the Four Seasons

**Unknown artist**  
19th century  
Six-panel screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper  
Painting: 160.5 × 336 cm (63 1/4 × 132 5/16 in.); Frame: 176 × 352 cm (69 5/16 × 138 5/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.205. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140604).

## About this work

An unrecorded Japan artist painted this in 19th century. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of six-panel screen; ink, colors, and gold on paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Folding screen.** Panels joined by paper hinges, so the screen stands by itself in a zigzag. The picture runs across every panel, and screens were often made in pairs.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japan
- Real size: about 63 × 132 in (160 × 336 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: Japanese (culture or style)
- Colour: ochre
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/321.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/321/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/baskets-with-flowers-of-the-four-seasons-aic-140604).