牧童図扇面|Herd Boy with Ox
The Met
Artist: Kano Masanobu 狩野正信(Japanese, ca. 1434–ca. 1530)
Date: late 15th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 × 18 1/2 in. (22.5 × 47 cm) Overall with mounting: 53 1/8 × 27 11/16 in. (135 × 70.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 53 1/8 × 29 5/16 in. (135 × 74.5 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
A fan painting depicts a dragon amidst a misty mountain landscape, mounted on a scroll
Detailed Description
A fan-shaped painting is centered on a light beige background, framed by decorative borders. The side borders are textured gold with a subtle pattern, while the top and bottom borders are dark blue with a repeating gold cloud motif. The fan painting itself is a wide semicircle, with its curved edge at the bottom. The surface of the fan is a faded golden-brown, showing faint vertical lines, possibly indicating pleats. The artwork within the fan depicts a landscape scene rendered in dark grays, blacks, and browns, with some lighter areas suggesting mist or sky. In the upper left, dark, jagged forms appear to be mountains or peaks. Emerging from a swirling, misty area in the center is a long, serpentine creature, likely a dragon, with a dark body, a lighter underside, and small, clawed limbs. Its head is positioned towards the left, and its body curves across the middle of the fan, disappearing into the mist towards the right. The lower portion of the fan shows dark, indistinct landforms or rocks, with subtle reddish-brown accents in the lower right quadrant. The painting style appears to be ink wash, with soft transitions between tones.
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