Artwork preview

Panel with immortals

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panel with immortals by Ohara Koson, a tall rectangular artwork with a beige border. The scene depicts a mountainous landscape with trees, a building on the right side, and a body of water at the bottom. Several people are shown in various actions: - Two people on the left side standing by a twisted tree, - One person in mid-air with arms outstretched between them, - Three people on a cliff to the right of the person in mid-air, - Two people sitting on a railing of the building, - Two people on clouds above the building holding fans. The background is dark blue with white clouds. The color palette is predominantly beige, brown, and blue.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Silk and metal thread embroidery on silk satin
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
468 × 624 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Poem by Abe no Nakamaro, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
The Snowy Garden
Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Bringing the Message of Victory to Dongshan
Abe no Nakamaro, seventh poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse
Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
General Guo Ziyi’s Birthday Banquet
The Young God Ebisu (Waka ebisu) 和歌夷
Chinese Sages in a Garden
Mythical realm
Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino (Yoshino), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)
Interior of a Palace with Noblemen Conversing
Kameyama
Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholars in a Garden
Yugao, from the series "Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari gojuyonjo)"
Fairy and Crane
Evening Glow at Nojima (Nojima no sekisho), No. 7 from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"
Pleasures of the Seasons
Drum Bridge and Yuhi Hill at Meguro (Meguro Taikobashi Yuhi-no-oka), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino (Yoshino), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)
Hodogaya: Distant View of the Kamakura Mountains from the Rest House near the Boundary Tree (Hodogaya, Kyoboku tateba Kamakura yama enbo), no. 5 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido
Fuji from Gotenyama on the Tōkaidō at Shinagawa (Tōkaidō Shinagawa Gotenyama no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)