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Pavilion on Mountain Stream

Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟等楊

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a tall, narrow landscape scene. A gold border surrounds the image on all sides, with a geometric pattern at the top. The scene features a mountainous background with a large rocky outcropping on the right side. In the foreground, a tree grows on a slope, partially obscuring a building with a tiled roof. The building appears to be a pavilion. The color palette is primarily shades of brown and black, with the gold border. The overall composition is vertical, with the majority of the scene taking up the lower two-thirds of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
321 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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