Windy Landscape with Sailboat
Unknown Artist
mid-1400s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
160.7 × 46 cm · image: 83.2 × 30.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1982.131
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Windy Landscape depicts the humble waterside retreat of an official retired from government service. For government officials, retreating from the city to a remote locale was the ideal retirement, though difficult to attain. In this scroll the retiree gazes out over the watery expanse past the sailboat to the mist-covered mountain in the far distance. The artist has achieved this depth of composition through carefully placed brushstrokes and ink washes.