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Chinese Landscape

1500s

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)
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Medium
One of a pair of six-fold screens; ink and slight color on paper
Measurements
Image: 155.5 x 357.8 cm (61 1/4 x 140 7/8 in.); Overall: 171.5 x 373.4 cm (67 1/2 x 147 in.); Closed: 171.5 x 63.5 x 11 cm (67 1/2 x 25 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.279.1
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In a panorama of mountains and expanses of water, three gentlemen have assembled by moonlight to enjoy one another’s company away from a bustling village. An influx of ink paintings from China in both album and scroll formats beginning in the late 1200s inspired Japanese artists to create landscapes based upon Chinese prototypes. Later, Japanese painters adapted the imagery to the larger format of folding screens, which were used to define spaces in large rooms.
A horizontally oriented ink and slight color painting on a six-fold screen depicts a mountain landscape. In the center-right, a tall peak rises through horizontal bands of mist, with small houses and spindly trees clustered at its base. To the left, a wide body of water recedes toward hazy distant hills and tiny boats. In the foreground, a figure crosses a bridge. The palette uses muted grays and light browns.

Chinese Landscape

1500s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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