Images(5)

Landscape

Artist Soga Sojo (Japanese, active 1490 - 1512)

Place of OriginJapan

Dateapprox. 1503

PeriodMuromachi period (1392-1573)

CultureJapanese

MaterialsInk on paper

DimensionsH. 32 5/8 in x W. 7 5/8 in, H. 82.8 cm x W. 19.3 cm (image); H. 54 3/4 in x W. 8 1/8 in, H. 139.0 cm x W. 20.5 cm (overall)

Credit LineGift and Purchase from the Harry G.C. Packard Collection Charitable Trust in honor of Dr. Shujiro Shimada; The Avery Brundage Collection

Object number1991.63

DepartmentJapanese Art

ClassificationsPainting

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InscribedIn the Song period [in China] there was a painter Jing Hao [approx. 855-915]. In the Tang period there was a poet Bai Juyi [772-846]. A monk strolls in the forests and around streams, a tall pavilion and mansion glitter in gold and silver. A few clouds float in the sky, a distant mountain silently awaits him. Inscription by Keijo Shurin, eighty-third Abbot of Shokokuji before becoming Registrar General at the Rokuon'in.

MarkingsSojo (seal); Gichiku Keijo