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- Title
- Picture of the Cinnabar Peak
- Artist
- Sun Yi (Sun I)
- Physical Description
- This is a delicate landscape. There are mountain crags, dispersed trees and bushes, and some houses/huts depicted. There is calligraphy on the upper right hand corner with one red seal, and towards the upper left corner with a red seal. There is also another red seal on the lower left hand corner. The colors are muted and are barely discernable from one another. There is a central jutting rock in the center of the painting that takes up a lot of horizontal space, and encourages the eye to travel upwards.
- Artist Life Dates
- active mid-17th century
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1657
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.155
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.41647
- Primary Keywords
- bridges
- calligraphy
- hanging scrolls
- huts
- landscapes
- mountains
- rocks
- trees
- Title
- Plum Blossoms, after Jin Nong
- Artist
- Li Jishou (Li Chi-shou)
- Physical Description
- The branches of a plum tree stretch skyward, skillfully utilizing the vertical space of this hanging scroll. Black dots are used as accents along the branches, making them look knotted and full of texture. These heavy features are offset by the delicate depiction of plum blossoms. Calligraphic text is in the upper right corner, with two seals.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.28
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.41647
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- flowers
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- literati (painters)
- plumb tree
- Title
- Noh Dancer as Empress Jingû with a Trout
- Artist
- Yamawaki Tôki
- Physical Description
- An masked Noh actor dressed as Empress Jingû is holds a catch of a river trout on a pole. The actor wears a brocade kimono with a floral scroll design, tucked into a stiffly starched pair of brocade trousers. His cloak is a green gauze silk with woven gold phoenix designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1839
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.397
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 14.41647
- Primary Keywords
- actor
- fish
- hanging scrolls
- masks (costume)
- poles
- standing
- swords
- Title
- Night Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- In this landscape a misty, meandering river is depicted with two boathouses along its banks. Reeds and other foliage grow lush along the banks, partially obscuring the boathouse in the foreground. Accompanying text is in the upper register.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.127
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.26778
- Primary Keywords
- boat
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- night
- pavilion (garden structure)
- rain
- rivers
- Title
- Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 5
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.140
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.26778
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- clouds
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- landscapes (environments)
- mountain
- sketches
- trees
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Nakanishi Kôseki
- Physical Description
- A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1884
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.28
- Medium and Support
- sumi ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.12212
- Primary Keywords
- bridge (built work)
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- landscapes (environments)
- mountains
- traveler
- trees
- Title
- The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)
- Physical Description
- Inscription: Painted in the fall of 1619. Li Shida
- Two seals of the artist
- Ten collectors’ seals, including five imperial seals of the Qing dynasty
- Tao Yuanming intently watches an attendant water the chrysanthemums. His brushwork is detailed and the composition elegant.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1573 - 1619)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1619
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.184
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 14.12212
- Primary Keywords
- costume
- figures
- flowers (plants)
- hanging scrolls
- hermit
- mountains
- poet
- rocks
- trees
- Title
- Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)
- Physical Description
- Pastoral poet Tao Yuanming (372–427) and a boy-servant bearing chrysanthemums on his back are shown. Two pine trees dominate the composition. Tao Yuanming’s forward gaze and slightly hunched posture exhibit his full inner exhilaration when chrysanthemums were collected. The subtle smile on the poet’s face seems also to reflect a moment of transcendence.
- Has signature and seal of the artist
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855 - 1919
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1919
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.275
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 14.12212
- Primary Keywords
- boy
- chrysanthemum
- figures
- flowers
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- man
- pine (tree)
- pines
- Title
- Summer
- Artist
- Matsubayashi Keigetsu
- Physical Description
- Image of a green mountain range that snakes from the lower right of the image to the upper right. The lower right of the image is further embellished with several detailed trees. Slightly lower and to the left of center is a small hut with a white figure standing on the porch.
- Artist Life Dates
- Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- Autumn 1922
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 14.12212
- Primary Keywords
- calligraphy
- hanging scrolls
- hills
- japan (nation)
- landscapes (environments)
- mountains
- summer
- trees
- Title
- The Three Abundant Blessings
- Artist
- Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)
- Physical Description
- Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. late 18th to early 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1818
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.181
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.97941
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- gardens
- hanging scrolls
- longevity (biological concepts)
- palace
- people
- plants
- rocks
- trees
- Title
- Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe
- Artist
- Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)
- Physical Description
- This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1759-1818
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.7
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.97941
- Primary Keywords
- beauty
- courtesans
- hanging scrolls
- japan (nation)
- kimonos
- maple trees
- robes
- ukiyo-e
- women
- Title
- Mountain Valley in Autumn
- Artist
- Noro Kaiseki
- Artist Life Dates
- 1747-1828
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1825
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.380
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.97941
- Primary Keywords
- autumn
- bridges
- calligraphy
- hanging scrolls
- huts
- japan
- mountains
- rocks
- trees
- valleys
- water
- Title
- Portrait of a Warrior (Minamoto no Yoritomo)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1955/1.266
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.70247
- Primary Keywords
- dragon
- figures
- full-length
- hanging scrolls
- hats
- interiors
- japan
- males
- seated
- sword
- table
- warriors
- Title
- Hotei
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1716
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.157
- Medium and Support
- ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.70247
- Primary Keywords
- circles (plane figures)
- deity
- fans (costume accessories)
- hanging scrolls
- mythology (literary genre)
- zen buddhism
- Title
- Tao Yüan-ming
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Physical Description
- In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840 - 1867
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.197
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.43629
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- chairs
- children (people by age group)
- figures (illustrations)
- gardens
- hanging scrolls
- japan (nation)
- portraits
- rock
- rocks
- Title
- Plum Blossoms in Snow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen
- Physical Description
- In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.129
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.39678
- Primary Keywords
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- plumb blossoms
- plumb trees
- snow
- Title
- Bamboo and Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
- Physical Description
- A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.134
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.39678
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- literati
- literati (painters)
- rock
- Title
- Zen eccentric contemplating a fish
- Artist
- Kanô Tsunenobu
- Physical Description
- A shabbily dressed figure holds out at arm’s length a small fish. He is completely focused on his catch, and his mouth almost seems to drool. The face, hands, and feet are sketched in a deliberately simplistic way, while the costume is drawn with only a few swift slashes of the brush, and the strokes bleed into each other.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1636 - 1713)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 17th century - early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1962/1.105
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.34057
- Primary Keywords
- fish
- hanging scrolls
- ink
- zen
- zen buddhism
- Title
- Brewing Tea under Pines by a Stream
- Artist
- Zhou Chen (Chou Ch'en)
- Physical Description
- Vertically oriented. Ink on silk with silk edging. Three figures at a stream in a wooded area.
- Artist Life Dates
- active 1515-1535
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 16th century - late 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.3
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 13.21602
- Primary Keywords
- figures (illustrations)
- hanging scrolls
- hills
- landscapes (environments)
- painting
- pine trees
- streams
- teapots
- trees
- Title
- Mountain Hut among Pines
- Artist
- Ôhara Tonshû (Donshû)
- Physical Description
- Primarily black and grey ink painting. Signature stamp in the lower right side of the image. Background contains mountains and a river runs from them down to the base of the image. A small hut or structure is shown next to the cliff and some trees on the left side. A figure of a person stands near the river at the base of the image.
- Artist Life Dates
- died 1857
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1831-1844
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.27
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 13.05606
- Primary Keywords
- bridges
- figures
- figures in landscape
- gates
- hanging scrolls
- house
- japan
- landscapes
- mountains
- pines
- rocks
- streams
- trees
- Title
- Travelers on a Mountain Pass
- Artist
- Wu Wei
- Physical Description
- This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1459-1508
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1490-1508
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.312
- Medium and Support
- Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk
- relevance
- rank 12.78573
- Primary Keywords
- cliffs
- donkey
- donkeys
- figures in landscape
- hanging scrolls
- landscapes
- mountain passes
- passes
- rocks
- servants
- traveler
- travellers
- trees
- voyagers
- waterfalls
- Title
- "Snow": calligraphy scroll
- Artist
- Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))
- Physical Description
- The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1611-1684
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1655-1675
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.205
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.08866
- Primary Keywords
- buddhism
- calligraphy
- hanging scrolls
- snow
- zen
- zen buddhism