Painting
Autumn Maples with Poem Slips
Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691. c. 1675. Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Six-panel screen (one of pair); Ink, colors, gold leaf, and gold powder on silk; silk (textile); gold leaf; ink
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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