Landscape with Waterfall
ca. 1817
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 41 7/8 × 19 1/8 in. (106.4 × 48.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 5/8 × 23 3/4 in. (182 × 60.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 5/8 × 26 in. (182 × 66 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
2015.300.191
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About this artwork
This hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, created in ca. 1817, represents significant artistic achievement by Kameda Bōsai, a Japanese artist. The piece demonstrates the technical capabilities and aesthetic conventions of Japanese art during this historical period. Working in hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, the artist employed materials and techniques characteristic of the era, creating visual effects that convey both subject matter and artistic vision. Museum collections preserve such ...
Art Historical Context
Kameda Bōsai's *Landscape with Waterfall*ca. 1817) is a captivating hanging scroll Japan's Edo period (1615–1868), a time of cultural flourishing under the Tokugawa shogunate artists explored nature's grandeur through refined literati styles. This ink and color on silk painting captures misty mountains and a cascading waterfall, evoking the sublime power of the natural world—a common theme in Japanese landscapes that invited contemplation and harmony with the environment. The hanging scroll format, with its luxurious silk surface (41 7/8 × 19 1/8 in.), was ideal for intimate display in homes ...
About the Artist
Kameda Bōsai (Japanese) · 1752 –1826
Japanese, 1752–1826