Untitled
The Met
Artist: Takaku Aigai(Japanese, 1796–1843)
Date: 1833
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album with twelve leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Album: 13 × 7 1/2 × 1 in. (33 × 19 × 2.5 cm) Image (each leaf): 11 7/16 × 13 1/8 in. (29 × 33.3 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 landscape with mountains, a waterfall, a thatched hut, flowering trees, and small figures
Detailed Description
This horizontal landscape painting on light-colored paper depicts a mountainous scene. The upper half is dominated by large, rounded mountains rendered in light grey and black ink washes, with darker speckles. A prominent waterfall cascades down from the center-left mountain, flowing into a body of water that extends towards the foreground. In the lower left, a small, elevated building with a dark, thatched roof and light-colored walls stands beside the water, its structure visible with posts and a small porch. To the right of the building, the water continues. On the right side of the midground, two large, gnarled trees with bare, dark branches are covered in small white blossoms. A third, smaller flowering tree is visible further to the right. Below the hut on the left, two small, dark figures are depicted, one seated and one standing, near some dark, rounded shapes. On the right, a single small figure walks on a light green, textured ground between the flowering trees. In the upper right corner, vertical black calligraphic text is present, followed by a red square seal. The text reads: 梅花書屋.
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