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Winter Landscape

Kano Sansetsu 狩野山雪

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a long, narrow painting on a beige background. The painting shows a snowy landscape with mountains. The mountains are painted in shades of white and grey. In the foreground, there is a bare tree on the left and a small figure on the right. The sky above the mountains is grey. The painting has a border with a green, blue, and gold pattern at the top and bottom. There are also some red and black Japanese characters in the bottom-left corner. The painting appears to be on a long, narrow scroll.

Artwork Details

Date
second quarter of the 17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
288 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
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