Peonies and lilies 芍薬と百合図1568-1615
Tawaraya Sotatsu painted this in 1568-1615. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
Tawaraya Sotatsu painted this in 1568-1615. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- 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.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The National Museum of Asian Art has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- F1898.56
- Credit
- Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- National Museum of Asian Art
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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