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Landscape

1500s

Narihide 成秀

(Japanese, active 1500s)
Culture
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Mounted: 167 x 39.9 cm (65 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.470
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

This composition includes imagery from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers. Scanning the composition from top to bottom, at least six of the views are discernible: night rain over Xiao and Xiang, evening bell from a mist-shrouded temple, returning sails off a distant shore, geese descending to a sandbar, mountain village in clearing mist, and sunset glow over a fishing village. Inside the painting’s box is a document with a long inscription by prominent calligrapher, collector, and connoisseur Maeda Kōsetsu (1841–1916) discussing the painting’s subject and the matter of the painter’s biography—he appears to have been a Kano school artist, but his precise identity is unclear.
A vertically oriented hanging scroll in gray and black ink depicts a misty mountainous landscape. In the foreground, craggy rock formations and sparse trees with expressive dashes for foliage frame a small bridge on the right. Tiny figures and rooftops cluster along a shoreline in the middle ground, while small boats float on the water to the left. Hazy mountain peaks emerge from the mist above. A square red seal marks the lower left corner.

Landscape

1500s

Narihide

(Japanese, active 1500s)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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