Untitled
The Met
Artist: Seki Shūkō(Japanese, 1858–1915)
Date: 1892
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album leaf; silk
Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (35.2 x 26.7 cm)
Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
Snowy mountain landscape, frozen river, bare trees, a pagoda, and figures on a path
Detailed Description
A vast winter landscape is rendered in muted gray and white tones, framed by a light brown, textured border. In the upper left, towering, craggy mountains rise, their peaks and slopes heavily covered in white snow, with darker gray shadows defining their forms. Nestled among these peaks, a small, multi-tiered structure, resembling a pagoda, is visible. The upper right features vertical lines of calligraphy in black ink, accompanied by a red seal. Below the mountains, a wide, flat expanse, likely a frozen river or snow-covered plain, stretches across the middle ground, appearing lighter gray. On the left bank of this expanse, a small cluster of buildings, forming a village, is visible. A thin, dark waterfall cascades down the left side of the mountains into the plain. Scattered across the landscape are numerous bare trees with delicate, branching limbs, their branches and trunks dusted with white. In the foreground, a winding path, covered in white snow, leads from the lower left to the center. A small, arched bridge crosses a narrow stream. A figure on horseback, wearing a hat, crosses this bridge. Further along the path, in the lower right, another figure walks, carrying a bundle on their back. The ground in the foreground is undulating, with snow-covered mounds and depressions.
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