Packet 6: Tossup 4

Two paired artworks of this kind created in the 1790s depict black birds perched on a white elephant and a white puppy sitting by the belly of a black bull. One maker of these artworks is known for painting “boneless” forms with no outline as well as the “dripping in” technique. (15[1])Trees covered (-5[1])with lichen (-5[1])and moss surround a dark, silvery stream filled with gold swirls in one of these artworks, whose background is coated (15[1])with gold leaf. (-5[1])A (15[1])Rinpa artwork of this kind (15[1])called Red and (-5[1])White (*) Plum Blossoms (-5[1])was created (10[1])by (10[1]-5[2])Ogata Kōrin. (10[1]-5[1])In Japan, (10[2]-5[1])painted examples of these objects (-5[1])are known as (10[1])byōbu. (10[1]-5[2])Visual (10[1])elements (10[2])added onto (10[1])tokonoma (10[1])alcoves, fusuma doors, (-5[1])and shoji examples of these (10[1])objects (-5[2])often adorn the backdrop (10[1])of a tearoom. (10[1]-5[1])For (-5[1])10 points, (10[1]-5[2])what standing pieces of furniture (10[1])consist of multiple wooden or paper (10[1])panels? (10[1])■END■ (10[16]0[5])

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