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The Met
Artist: Shōkadō Shōjō 松花堂昭乗|Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙(Japanese, 1584?–1639)
Date: late 18th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Eight sheets pasted to an eight-panel folding screen; ink on paper; gold on paper
Dimensions: 43 in. × 10 ft. 9 in. (109.2 × 327.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. H. F. Stone and Mrs. Leon Durand Bonnet, 1956
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A six-panel screen with tall grasses, scattered rocks, and vertical calligraphy on a light background
Detailed Description
A six-panel folding screen displays a landscape with calligraphy on a light, cream-colored background. The screen is framed in dark brown wood. Across the top half of each panel, multiple vertical columns of dark brown or black calligraphy are visible. The script varies in length. The lower half of the screen depicts clusters of tall, slender grasses rendered in light gold and brown tones, some with feathery tops. These grasses extend upwards from the bottom edge of the panels, varying in height and density. Scattered among the bases of the grasses and across the lower portion of the panels are small, irregular shapes of dark grey and black, suggesting rocks or small mounds, often with lighter grey highlights. These dark shapes appear in groups of two or three on most panels. Small, square red seals are visible at the bottom of several panels, positioned below the calligraphy columns.
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