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The Met
Artist: Shibata Zeshin(Japanese, 1807–1891)
Date: 19th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Painting; colored lacquers on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 6 3/4 in. (20.3 x 17.1 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Visual Descriptions
AI GeneratedVisual Summary
Brief Description
Two thatched-roof houses before softly rendered mountains with a rising smoke plume
Detailed Description
A landscape rendered in black and white features two buildings with thatched roofs in the foreground, set against a backdrop of mountains and a rising plume of smoke. The larger building is positioned in the lower-left, characterized by a dark, rectangular body and a prominent window with a white grid of nine panes. Its steeply angled thatched roof is rendered with visible, dark brushstrokes suggesting straw. To the right and slightly behind this, a second, smaller building also features a dark body and a thatched roof. To the right of the second building, a tall, dark fence made of numerous vertical stakes extends upwards. In the background, two large, softly rendered mountains or hills rise, with the left mountain appearing behind the left building and the right mountain behind the right building. Both mountains are depicted with light, diffused tones, suggesting distance or mist. In the upper-right quadrant, a dark, vertical plume of smoke or mist rises from behind the right building, curving gently to the left as it ascends into the light-toned sky. A vertical inscription of several dark characters is visible on the upper-left side, aligned with the left building's roof.
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