八橋図屏風 |Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)
Object type: Screen
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Ogata Kōrin
Artist bio: Japanese, 1658–1716
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: after 1709
Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper 



Dimensions: Image (each screen): 64 7/16 in. x 11ft. 6 3/4 in. (163.7 x 352.4 cm)
Overall (each screen): 70 1/2 in. x 12 ft. 2 1/4 in. (179.1 x 371.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Accession year: 1953
Tags: Flowers|Bridges