Untitled
The Met
Artist: Rai San’yō 頼山陽(Japanese, 1780–1832)
Date: 19th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (47 x 28.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, and Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, by exchange, 1984
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A vertical ink painting shows towering mountains, trees, a river, small houses, and calligraphy
Detailed Description
The vertical artwork is an ink painting on light beige paper, framed by a wider brown border. The upper third of the painting is dominated by black characters, arranged in several vertical columns, beginning from the upper right. The characters are rendered with varying brushstrokes. Two red square seals are visible within the characters on the right side, and another smaller red seal is near the bottom left of the text block. Below the characters, a vast landscape unfolds. Towering, craggy mountains, rendered with varied ink washes and brushstrokes, fill the right and central portions of the middle ground. These mountains are densely covered with numerous small, dark trees, depicted with fine brushwork, creating a textured, forested appearance. Several small, simple structures, possibly houses, are nestled among the trees at the base of the mountains on the right, near the water's edge. To the left, a large waterfall cascades down a steep, lighter-toned cliff face, flowing into a body of water that occupies the lower section of the painting. This body of water extends across the foreground. A small, narrow boat with several indistinct figures is visible on the water in the lower right. Further to the left, smaller, more distant mountains rise faintly in the background, partially obscured by mist or lighter ink washes. The composition presents a deep, layered landscape with a strong vertical emphasis.
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