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Twilight Landscape

Ikkyū Sōjun

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a vertical, grayscale scroll painting. The painting depicts a landscape with a mountain range in the background and two palm trees in the foreground. The sky appears cloudy and gray. In the top portion of the scroll, there are several lines of black Chinese calligraphy. The calligraphy is written vertically. The scroll has a black border with a white floral pattern. The bottom of the scroll has a landscape scene. The landscape scene is simple and monochromatic.

Artwork Details

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
192 × 622 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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