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View of West Lake

Kusumi Morikage

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Six-panel folding screen with a landscape scene. The background is beige with a dark gray border. A thin gold and red patterned border surrounds the image. The landscape features a large body of water with two pagoda-style buildings near the bottom of the image. The building on the left sits on the water; the building on the right sits on land. A boat is on the water to the left. A second boat is on the water in the center. Mountains are in the background. The entire scene is rendered in shades of black, gray, and beige. A misty haze permeates the scene. Trees are scattered throughout.

Artwork Details

Date
mid- to late 17th century
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 294 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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