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Windy Landscape with Sailboat

mid-1400s

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Image: 83.2 x 30.2 cm (32 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.); Overall: 160.7 x 46 cm (63 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1982.131
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

Windy Landscape depicts the humble waterside retreat of an official retired from government service. For government officials, retreating from the city to a remote locale was the ideal retirement, though difficult to attain. In this scroll the retiree gazes out over the watery expanse past the sailboat to the mist-covered mountain in the far distance. The artist has achieved this depth of composition through carefully placed brushstrokes and ink washes.
A hanging scroll in black ink depicts a misty landscape. In the foreground, a gnarled pine tree leans over a rocky bank where a small boat is moored. To the left, tiled buildings and a pavilion with a seated figure are nestled into the hillside. Above, a lone sailboat drifts across a misty expanse toward distant, rounded mountain peaks. Dark spots and stains cover the paper, framed by a patterned blue border.

Windy Landscape with Sailboat

mid-1400s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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