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Rock and Waves

Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rectangular painting on beige paper, divided into two panels, depicting a man on a rock in large waves. The man is drawn with black ink and is wearing a headband and a robe. He is standing on a large rock, surrounded by dark water. There are several waves around him, drawn in varying shades of gray and black ink. The waves are depicted as curved lines that are cresting and breaking. The painting has a dark brown border around it, with a thin black line separating the border from the painting. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the left side of the painting.

Artwork Details

Date
dated 1773
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 255 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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