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Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn

mid- to late 1500s

Kano Hideyori 狩野 秀頼

(Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s)
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Culture
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Measurements
Image: 165.7 x 59.7 cm (65 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.); Mounted: 153.5 x 50.3 cm (60 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.); with knobs: 153.5 x 55.1 cm (60 7/16 x 21 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1988.13.3
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Description

Now comprising three scrolls, this composition was originally a set of four paintings depicting the seasons. The set is among the most important of the artist’s surviving works. Each painting was executed in the gyō mode, indicating a speedy brush with rounded strokes. The terms shin (formal), sō (cursive), and gyō (semicursive), borrowed from calligraphy terminology, are terms commonly used by connoisseurs to describe brushwork in ink paintings.
A hanging scroll in black and gray ink depicts a panoramic landscape. In the foreground, figures travel along a winding path atop a rocky ridge. To the left, a thin bridge spans the water. Dense brushstrokes define trees and a small village in the middle ground. Soft gray mountains rise in the distance, partially shrouded in mist. The entire scene is framed by a decorative gold border with leaf patterns.

Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn

mid- to late 1500s

Kano Hideyori

(Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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