Landscape
Original Language Title前島宗祐 山水図
Artist
Maejima Sōyū
(Japanese, active 16th century)
Datemid-16th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
DimensionsImage: 20 1/16 × 13 1/2 inches (50.96 × 34.29 cm)
Mount: 55 5/8 × 18 3/4 inches (141.29 × 47.63 cm)
Mount: 55 5/8 × 18 3/4 inches (141.29 × 47.63 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number70-42
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Gallery LabelA traveler walks across a bridge toward a pavilion built on rugged rocks. Below, fishermen cast their nets, and a mountain sits in the distance beyond the misty waters.
In the middle ground, artist Maejima Sōyū used pale ink washes to form the water that quietly connects mountain and land. This vertically stacked composition is deeply rooted in East Asian painting convention. Sōyū took inspiration from Chinese landscape paintings favored by the Kano school, a prestigious group of painters with whom he trained.
In the middle ground, artist Maejima Sōyū used pale ink washes to form the water that quietly connects mountain and land. This vertically stacked composition is deeply rooted in East Asian painting convention. Sōyū took inspiration from Chinese landscape paintings favored by the Kano school, a prestigious group of painters with whom he trained.
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