Landscape with the Moon
19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
39 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (99.7 x 35.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.100.5
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Art Historical Context
Shiokawa Bunrin's *Landscape with the Moon*19th century) captures the serene beauty of a moonlit night in Japan through the delicate medium of a hanging scrollink and color on silk Measuring 39¼ x 13⅞ inches, this vertical composition invites viewers to imagine towering mountains bathed in soft lunar glow, evoking the timeless harmony between nature and the cosmos. Bunrin, a master of the Nanga ( School) style, drew inspiration from Chinese literati painting, blending free-flowing ink washes with subtle colors to suggest mist-shrouded peaks rather than depict them with precise detail. Hanging...