Untitled
The Met
Artist: Sesson Shūkei(ca. 1504–ca. 1589)
Date: 16th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Dimensions: 66 in. × 11 ft. 8 1/4 in. (167.6 × 356.2 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Hope Skillman Schary, 1981
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Six-panel screen painting of a vast ink landscape with mountains, water, trees, and small buildings
Detailed Description
This is a six-panel folding screen featuring an expansive ink wash landscape painting. The artwork is rendered primarily in shades of black and gray ink on a light, aged background, giving it a muted, monochromatic appearance. The panels are separated by thin vertical gold lines and framed by a decorative border with a red outer edge and a patterned green inner band. The composition flows continuously across all six panels, depicting a vast, mountainous terrain with bodies of water. On the far left, the first two panels show a wide expanse of water with a small boat visible in the middle ground. Distant, hazy mountains rise in the background. Closer to the foreground, small islands or peninsulas emerge from the water, dotted with clusters of dark trees and a few small, simple structures with peaked roofs. Moving towards the center and right, the landscape features more prominent and rugged mountains. Panels three and four feature towering, rugged mountains with steep cliffs and deep valleys. Dense forests of dark, pointed trees cover many of the slopes. Several small buildings are nestled among the trees and on ledges. A prominent waterfall cascades down a central mountain face in the fourth panel, flowing into a body of water at the base. The rightmost panels continue this mountainous theme, with more layered peaks receding into the distance, partially obscured by atmospheric haze. The foreground of the right side also includes more trees and a calmer body of water.
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