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Moonlit Landscape

late 1500s

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)
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Medium
pair of six-panel folding screens, ink on paper
Measurements
Framed: 155 x 364.2 x 60.6 cm (61 x 143 3/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.482
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Location
Not on view
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Description

This unsigned and unsealed composition includes imagery from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers. Scanning the composition from right to left, four of the Eight Views subjects appear: sunset glow over a fishing village, returning sails off a distant shore, autumn moon over Lake Donting, and evening bell from a mist-shrouded temple. Not all the elements of the traditional Eight Views theme are here, but the artist suggests its literary presence by leading the viewer through a summer’s journey from one day to the next, aided, like the travelers in the landscape, by the light of the moon.
Two horizontally oriented six-panel folding screens depict a monochromatic ink landscape. Rounded mountains recede into heavy mist, while clusters of bare trees and low-roofed buildings sit along the foreground shores. Tiny boats dot the water across both screens. Soft, hazy washes create a sense of atmospheric depth. A patterned gold-colored border frames the outer edges, enclosing the serene, panoramic view of the mountains and water.

Moonlit Landscape

late 1500s

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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