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Winter Landscape

Kano Tan'yū

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tan'yū Kano's Winter Landscape painting depicts a landscape scene. The scene shows a mountain range with several peaks. The mountains are covered in snow. A few trees are on the lower slopes. The painting is on a long, narrow scroll. The scroll has a beige background with a patterned beige border around the painting. The scroll is hanging from two beige tassels at the top. The painting is in shades of gray, black, and white. The background behind the scroll is black.

Artwork Details

Date
1662
Medium
One from a set of three hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
181 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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