Four Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Tani Bunchō

Cleveland Museum of Art

Four long, narrow, golden-brown scrolls with a blue patterned band across the middle. The top and bottom of each scroll are plain golden-brown. The blue patterned band on each scroll contains a landscape painting. The paintings are in black and white. The leftmost painting depicts a mountain and a body of water. The second painting from the left shows a rocky shoreline. The third painting from the left features a body of water with a distant building. The rightmost painting shows a mountainous landscape. Chinese characters are written in the top-left corner of each painting. The scrolls are hanging from a thin metal bar. The scrolls have a small golden rod at the bottom. The background is light gray. The artist is Tani Bunchō and the title is "Four Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang".