狩野山楽筆 金山西湖図屏風|Jinshan Island and West Lake
1630
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 60 1/16 in. × 11 ft. 9 in. (152.5 × 358.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 67 5/16 in. × 12 ft. 4 1/4 in. (170.9 × 376.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.74.1, .2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene world of Edo-period Japan with *Jinshan Island and West Lake*, a magnificent pair of six-panel folding painted by Kano Sanraku 1630. This work, measuring over 11 feet wide when open, captures the misty grandeur of iconic Chinese landscapes—West Lake's tranquil waters in Hangzhou and the dramatic Jinshan Island rising from the Yangtze River. Crafted in ink, color, and on paper, the screens shimmer with lavish gold leaf backgrounds that evoke infinite space, a hallmark of Japanese decorative arts meant to adorn elite interiors. Kano Sanraku, a master of the Kano school—the ...
About the Artist
Kano Sanraku (Japanese) · 1559 –1635
Japanese, 1559–1635