Unknown artist, Pine trees, water and clouds
Gift of Charles Lang Freer · National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →

Unknown artist

Pine trees, water and clouds

17th century

Current Collection

National Museum of Asian Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
Color and gold on paper
Dimensions
174 × 73.2 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-127356

Japanese painters often depict the verdant landscapes of their native land in rich, opaque colors. The paintings on the paper surfaces of these sliding-door panels once adorned a room in an elite residence, providing an illusion of a view toward a scenic landscape of a pine grove growing along a shoreline. For large-scale paintings like these, gold leaf depicts clouds, mist, and hills. In their o…

Provenance

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Registry history

  • 17th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art

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