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The Met
Artist: Unkoku Tōeki(Japanese, 1591–1644)
Date: 17th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall (each screen): 67 1/2 x 147 in. (171.5 x 373.4 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A multi-panel screen showing a misty landscape with a gold surface, dark trees, and small buildings
Detailed Description
A multi-panel screen is divided into six vertical sections, depicting a landscape scene. The lower half of the screen features a textured gold surface, while the upper half shows a muted, light brown-grey sky and misty mountains. The gold area covers roughly the bottom two-thirds of the screen and has a slightly uneven, shimmering appearance. Its upper edge forms undulating, cloud-like shapes at the base of the mountains. Dark, gnarled trees with sparse foliage or bare branches emerge from or are silhouetted against the gold background, particularly on the left and far right panels. Above the gold, a soft, light brown-grey wash extends upwards, forming a hazy sky. Several rounded mountain peaks, rendered in a lighter, almost white-grey tone, rise from the gold, their upper slopes blending into the misty sky. In the upper left panel, a pale, circular shape, possibly a moon or sun, is visible against the light sky. Small, simple structures with dark roofs and light walls are nestled on the slopes of the mountains. One building with a tall, thin pole is located on a rise in the fourth panel from the left. Another smaller structure is visible on a distant hill in the far right panel.
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