Chrysanthemums by a Stream

Ogata Kōrin

c. 1715–30 or later

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper

Cleveland Museum of Art

A six-panel folding screen depicts white chrysanthemums with green leaves growing from a dark blue stream with gold wave patterns, set against a shimmering gold background. The plants are distributed across the panels, with the stream forming a horizontal, undulating band.