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Summer Landscape

Kano Tan'yū

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a scroll painting titled "Summer Landscape" by Kano Tan'yū. The scroll is long and narrow with two beige hanging straps at the top. The scroll's body is beige with an embroidered border around the painting that has a beige background with a diagonal cross-hatch pattern. The painting depicts a landscape scene with a mountain in the background and a building on the right side. The building appears to have a tiled roof and is surrounded by trees. The scene appears to be painted in shades of black and gray. The scroll has a black background visible around the edges.

Artwork Details

Date
1662
Medium
One from a set of three hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
182 × 622 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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