Watanabe Shikō, Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
Lee, 1960.284 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Watanabe Shikō

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

1700s

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
Six-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Dimensions
150 × 356 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-112349

Watanabe Shiko enjoyed a versatile and successful career, as well as a privileged upbringing, in Kyoto. His surviving work indicates a capacity to diligently study, master, and then interpret several painting techniques—each of which varies considerably in appearance. These byobu (folding screens), for instance, reflect training in the Kano school idiom that favored a monochromatic ink palette, vigorous brushwork, and traditional Chinese—rather than Japanese—subject matter. Shiko rendered this scenery in a particularly expansive manner, suggesting the vastness of China's topography relative t…

Provenance

Lee, 1960.284

Registry history

  • 1700s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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