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Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong

青天七十二芙蓉図屏風

1785

Matsumura Goshun 松村呉春

(Japanese, 1752–1811)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Eight-panel folding screen; ink with gold and silver foil on paper
Measurements
Image: 51.5 x 275.2 cm (20 1/4 x 108 3/8 in.); Overall: 69.6 x 282.4 cm (27 3/8 x 111 3/16 in.); with frame: 72.9 x 285.7 cm (28 11/16 x 112 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1980.28
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By painting on silver and gold foil, Matsumura Goshun created an alluring surface and deep space in this surprisingly spare vista.

Description

The low height of this folding screen suggests its use as a partition in a small tearoom. An inscription identifies the scene as the 72-peak Heng mountain range in Hunan, China, associated with Buddhist and Daoist traditions and celebrated in poetry. Special mention in the inscription is made of Mount Furong, one of the peaks in the range. Matsumura Goshun may have drawn inspiration from his teacher, Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村) (1716–1783), whose final work depicted the same mountain range.
An eight-panel folding screen features an ink landscape against a background split horizontally between gold foil above and silver below. Numerous craggy peaks rise from the bottom edge, rendered in textured, dark brushstrokes. In the upper right corner, vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy appear in black ink. The mountains vary in height and density, stretching across the wide format to create a shimmering, panoramic view.

Seventy-Two Peaks Under the Blue Sky with Mount Furong

1785

Matsumura Goshun

(Japanese, 1752–1811)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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