Rock and Waves
dated 1773
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 22 in. × 53 3/8 in. (55.9 × 135.6 cm) Overall: 29 1/4 in. × 74 in. (74.3 × 188 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Seymour Fund, 1957
Accession Number
57.156.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Maruyama Ōkyo's *Rock and Waves* (1773) is a captivating two-panel folding screen, rendered in ink and color on paper, measuring nearly six feet across. This intimate yet dynamic work captures the raw power of nature—a rugged rock formation battered by surging waves—evoking the timeless drama of Japan's coastal landscapes. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art collection, it exemplifies Edo-period (1615–1868) painting, a time of peace and prosperity when screens like this adorned elite homes and tea houses as portable art. Ōkyo, a pioneering artist who founded the Maruyama-Shijō scho...