
Collection Online as of February 8, 2023
Handscroll; ink on paper
40.3 x 657.8 cm (15 7/8 x 259 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2020.258
not on view
Works on the theme of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers existed in China as early as the late eleventh century. This Japanese treatment of the subject features poems by the Chinese monk Yujian Ruofen, who was active in the late 13th century. It also emulates Yujian’s splashed-ink mode to create highly abstracted landscapes evoking misty settings.