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Landscape in Light Colors

Painting by Aoki Shukuya Japanese
Inscription by Murase Kotei Japanese
1799
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In this detailed landscape by Aoki Shukuya, a path leads the viewer to the base of lofty mountains. Thatched huts stand alongside luxuriant trees, evoking a stroll in nature. A poem inscribed by Murase Kōtei expresses a desire to live as a hermit in the mountains, a recurring theme of poems added to literati paintings. It reads:

一帶赭圻枕碧流　奈何遁迹得茲遊
數椽茅屋危巖下　中有空房可僦不

A stretch of red embankment
girds the deep blue stream;
How can I conceal my traces
and enjoy wandering there?
Several thatched cottages are nestled
under the towering cliffs;
I wonder if there is
a vacant room to let.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 青木夙夜筆　村瀨栲亭賛　浅絳山水図
  • Title: Landscape in Light Colors
  • Artist: Painting by Aoki Shukuya (Japanese, 1737–1802)
  • Artist: Inscription by Murase Kotei (Japanese, 1744–1819)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1799
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 38 7/8 × 16 3/16 in. (98.7 × 41.1 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 77 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (197.5 × 54.6 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 77 3/4 × 23 7/8 in. (197.5 × 60.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2021
  • Object Number: 2021.398.19
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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