Moon with Bush Clovers (Sliding Doors)

Four sliding doors stand side by side, and on the second from the left a pale round moon floats near the top. Below it, white bush clover blooms, and from the right a branch of purplish-pink bush clover bends and hangs down in a large arc. Bush clover and the moon are a fitting pairing to represent autumn.

According to the museum, the red and white bush clover extending from left and right is arranged along the diagonals of the composition with gentle movement. The flower clusters and leaves are painted without outlines in the tsuketate technique, which builds form through gradations of color, and gold pigment is applied to the leaf veins.

Beneath the moon the colors of the leaves change, and silver pigment laid over the silk background evokes moonlight. Such attention to detail gives the painting a moderate tension and produces the glamorous, refined atmosphere characteristic of the Edo Rimpa school.