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Landscape

Artist Shibata Zeshin Japanese, 1807 - 1891
Place of OriginJapan
Dateapprox. 1869
PeriodEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
CultureJapanese
MaterialsLacquer on paper
DimensionsImage: H. 23 in × W. 10 3/16 in (H. 58.4 cm × W. 25.9 cm)
Overall: H. 54 1/4 in × W. 12 3/4 in (H. 137.8 cm × W. 32.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB62D13
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
On view
Location
  • Gallery Location   Gallery 28
MarkingsRokujuni o Zeshin (inscription)
Text Entries

柴田是眞筆　山水図 　江戸・明治時代　掛幅一幅　紙本漆絵

SIGNATURE:
Rokujuni O Zeshin
SEAL:
Tairyukyo

In this painting Zeshin, a well-known lacquer artist, created a monochrome landscape painting using lacquer as his medium. The work is composed of two layers of landscape elements: in the foreground is a bridge over a river with a tiny human figure walking on it. Beyond it is an expanse of dense fog that is broken by layers of mountains thickly covered with trees and dotted with houses and a pavilion. Beyond them rises another layer of distant mountains, barely visible in gray.