Samurai

Description

These screens by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō are typical of the Rinpa school of painting. The Rinpa school emerged in Kyoto in the early 1600s and is distinctive for its dramatic compositions and bold use of gold and colours.

16 COLOURS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

The Ashmolean Museum and Graphenstone have curated an exclusive palette of 16 colours — each carefully chosen and matched to one of the many treasures housed in the Museum.