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Landscape with a Distant Temple

Landscape with a Distant Temple

1600s
(1615-1868)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Overall: 195.6 x 57.2 cm (77 x 22 1/2 in.); Painting only: 107.7 x 45 cm (42 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1979.52
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This painter emulated the style of Sesshū Tōyō (1420–1506) a Japanese artist who traveled to China to study painting.

Description

A traveler has presumably descended from the distant temple compound that consists of several buildings linked together by a winding trail lined with steps. The highest point in the compound is occupied by the most sacred structure in Buddhist temple architecture: a mulitroofed pagoda. This rugged landscape, with its towering craggy peaks, pine forests, and river, typifies the idealized image of religious sanctuary in East Asian medieval ink painting.
  • ?-1979
    (Kinzen Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1979-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979-present
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 129, p. 85; Mentioned: p. 62 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham, Michael. “Painting the Wind: A Mid-Fifteenth Century ‘Suibokuga.’” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 7 (November 1985): 363–377. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 12, p. 371 www.jstor.org
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10-July 16, 2003).
    Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
    Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-December 13, 1987).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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