Summer Forest and Overlapping Peaks, Nakabayashi Chikutō

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Nakabayashi Chikutō, Summer Forest and Overlapping Peaks
Nakabayashi Chikutō, Summer Forest and Overlapping Peaks
Nakabayashi Chikutō
Summer Forest and Overlapping Peaks
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Nakabayashi Chikutō
1776–1853
Summer Forest and Overlapping Peaks, early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: silk; ink
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 115.6 x 24.8 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 45 1/2 x 9 3/4 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 168.9 x 35.6 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 66 1/2 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1969.0044
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003:
Many literati painters, or bunjinga, in eighteenth-and nineteenth century Japan based their work on Chinese models, depicting Chinese landscape and referring to specific types of brushstrokes that were associated with one or another famous Chinese painter of the past. This landscape resembles others that Chikuto- based on the work of the tenth-century Chinese artist Dong Yuan. The artist’s evocation of a specific ancient master was intended to add resonance to a reinterpretation of important themes and styles of the past.