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Summer Night; Winter Day

1784

Maruyama Ōkyo 丸山応挙

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Measurements
Overall: 154 x 362 cm (60 5/8 x 142 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1973.156
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 pair of six-panel folding screens in ink and gold depict landscapes in muted tan and gray tones. The top screen shows a moonlit scene where horizontal clouds drift past clusters of trees and buildings. The bottom screen features vast, undulating hills covered in white snow, with a bridge crossing a stream. Delicate brushstrokes define the seasonal imagery against metallic gold backgrounds, with small calligraphic inscriptions appearing on the outer panels of each screen.

Summer Night; Winter Day

1784

Maruyama Ōkyo

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

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