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Cottage and Mountains

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white painting of a cottage and mountains. The image shows two thatched roof buildings in the foreground. The building on the left has a dark exterior with a white grid-patterned window. The building on the right has a similar dark exterior and a window with vertical and horizontal bars. A fence made of thin vertical posts is on the right side. In the background, there are two large mountains with smooth, curved lines. The mountains are shaded with darker areas suggesting depth. The sky above the mountains is light with darker shading on the right. There are Japanese characters in black ink on the top left.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Painting; colored lacquers on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
541 × 624 px
Museum record:
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