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Summer Night

1784

Maruyama Ōkyo 丸山応挙

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Six-panel folding screen, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Measurements
Image: 154 x 362 cm (60 5/8 x 142 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1973.156.1
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Ōkyo painted these panoramas in the summer of 1784. Regarded as Kyoto's most important painting teacher and accomplished artist, he had studied Western painting techniques, "realistic" sketching from nature, and traditional Japanese style painting (yamato-e). The naturalistic quality of these scenes results from a blend of detailed observation of nature and a remote, even detached regard for man's place in the world.
A six-panel folding screen depicts a landscape in ink and gold. On the left, dark horizontal washes cradle a white moon above faint mountain peaks. Moving right, soft brushstrokes form clusters of trees and thatched-roof houses along a pale, winding river. Muted grays and warm tans blend to create a misty atmosphere. A patterned border frames the horizontal scene, which transitions from shadowy washes into a more detailed village landscape.

Summer Night

1784

Maruyama Ōkyo

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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