Mountain Temple in Morning Mist
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This piece was a handmade one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 187 cm
- Width 49 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Bone
- Material Honshi Silk
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
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Description
Amid rugged, mist-shrouded rock formations rises a multi-story temple pavilion, its curved roofs standing out brightly against the hazy mountains. A small orange-red sun sits low over the scenery, while a gnarled pine branch and a flowering plum tree frame the lower edge of the image. The color palette of muted greens, blues, and ochre tones creates a calm, almost meditative mood.
This landscape depiction was created in the Shôwa period (1926–1989) and was entirely hand-painted on silk, the classic support material for more elaborate kakemono. Motifs featuring temple complexes in mountainous landscapes draw on the long tradition of Chinese-inspired landscape painting that has been cultivated in Japan for centuries and often expresses a longing for retreat and contemplation.
The scroll rods are fitted with bone ends, an indication of the careful workmanship of the piece. As a hand-painted unique work, this hanging scroll combines classical pictorial language with a pleasantly calm, narrative composition and is well suited for lovers of traditional Japanese landscape painting.
