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Silver Wind Audio Tour

Exhibition curator Professor Matthew McKelway leads listeners on an audio tour through Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828) . Guiding patrons through each section of the exhibition, using one item from each section as an example, this tour is an excellent opportunity for patrons who can't attend one of our regularly scheduled docents tours to get an insider's take on this unique exhibition.

	Introduction


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) Winter Beauty (detail), about 1796 – 97. Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk, 29 1/8 × 12 ¼ in. (74 × 31 cm). T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender Collection.


	Ogata Kōrin (1658 – 1716) Rough Waves (detail), about 1705. Two-panel folding screen; ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper, 57 5/8 × 65 1/8 in. (146.5 × 165.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Purchase, Fletcher Fund, 1926.


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) Maples and Cherry Trees (detail), after 1817. Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper, each screen 65 × 134 ½ in. (175.3 × 341.6 cm). Lent by the John and Celeste Fleming Family, courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) The Thirty-six Immortal Poets (detail), about 1815. Two-panel folding screen; ink and colors on paper, 65 × 71 in. (165.1 × 180.3 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr., 77-50.


	Hara Yōyūsai (1772 – 1845), design by Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) Gourd with Vine-Leaf Design (detail), about 1815 – 45.Lacquered gourd; silver fittings; silk cord, 7 1/8 × 3 ½ in. (18.1 × 9 cm). Property of Mary Griggs Burke.


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828), Pine and Wisteria (detail), about 1815 – 16. Two-panel folding screen; ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper, 60 ½ × 61 ¾ in. (153.7 × 155.6 cm). Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3^rd Collection, 1979.218.


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) Emperor Nintoku from Emperor Nintoku, Woodcutter, and Oxherd (detail), mid-1820s. Set of three hanging scrolls; ink and colors on silk, each scroll 37 ½ × 11 5/8 in. (95.4 × 29.5 cm). Klaus F. Naumann Collection.


	Sakai Hōitsu (1761 – 1828) Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months (detail), about 1824 – 28. Set of twelve hanging scrolls; ink and colors on silk, each scroll 85 3/4 × 25 5/8 in. (218 × 65 cm). Feinberg Collection.


	Suzuki Kiitsu (1796 – 1858) Rising Dragon and Mount Fuji (detail), about 1844 – 58. Hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper; 63 ½ × 33 ¼ in. (161.3 × 84.5 cm). Indianapolis Museum of Art; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane Fund, 2000.38.


	Suzuki Kiitsu (1796 – 1858) Morning Glories (detail), 1844 – 58. One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, colors, and gold leaf on paper, each screen 70 1/8 × 149 ½ in. (178.2 × 379.8 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art; Seymour Fund, 54.69.1, 2.