雪村周継筆 山水図|Landscape with Rocky Precipice
16th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/8 × 18 3/8 in. (30.2 × 46.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 44 in. × 22 5/8 in. (111.8 × 57.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 44 × 24 1/2 in. (111.8 × 62.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.54
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Landscape with Rocky Precipice by Sesson Shūkei, a 16th-century hanging scroll in ink and color on paper, captures the dramatic essence of Muromachi-period (1392–1573) Japanese landscape painting. Created during a time when Zen Buddhism profoundly influenced art, Shūkei drew from Chinese ink traditions while infusing them with a distinctly Japanese sensibility. As a follower in the lineage of the renowned Sesshū Tōyō, Shūkei's work exemplifies the bold, expressive "professional" painting style that contrasted with the more refined courtly aesthetics of the era. The scroll's compact image (1...
About the Artist
Sesson Shūkei · 1500–1600
ca. 1504–ca. 1589