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Lonely Temple and Towering Cliff

Kenkō Shōkei

Cleveland Museum of Art

A vertical scroll painting depicting a landscape. The background is beige with darker beige and gray shading. The bottom third of the painting shows a darkened landscape with a large tree on a cliff to the right. A temple or building with a tiled roof sits on the face of the cliff under the tree. The cliff face and tree are covered with dark foliage. The middle of the painting depicts a tall cliff with a narrow top and a flat base rising out of the fog. The top two-thirds of the painting features calligraphy in black ink. Three seals or stamps are present on the left side. The painting has a black and gold border.

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Dimensions
341 × 900 px
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