石山師香筆 源氏物語八景 絵巻|Eight Views from The Tale of Genji
The Met
Artist: Ishiyama Moroka(Japanese, 1669–1734)
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 13 in. × 25 ft. (33 × 762 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A person in a building overlooking a misty landscape with mountains, trees, and two deer
Detailed Description
A horizontal painting depicts a misty landscape with a muted color palette of warm beige, soft blues, greens, and browns. The upper half and left side of the image are dominated by a hazy, light beige mist. Through this mist, several rounded mountains with soft, undulating peaks are visible in the upper left and center, rendered with washes of muted blue, green, and reddish-brown. A faint, light blue body of water or river curves gently in the mid-left. In the lower right, a building with a gabled, muted brown roof is depicted. The structure is light beige with blue-green accents on its eaves and supports. Inside, a person with dark hair, wearing a long, flowing white robe, sits on a light blue mat, facing towards the left. To the right of the building, a large, gnarled pine tree with dark green needles and a reddish-brown trunk stands, its branches extending over the roof. Below the pine tree, a smaller tree with reddish-orange leaves is visible. To the left of the building, in the midground, two light brown, deer-like animals with small antlers stand amidst sparse, dark brown and green vegetation. They face towards the left. Numerous small, dark, irregular shapes, possibly birds or fallen leaves, are scattered around them and extend towards the left. The ground in this area is a mix of light beige and soft blue-green washes, suggesting gentle hills or a riverbank.
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