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Look past the dark cliff to the pale distance, where two tiny sails and a few far mountains are drawn with only a few strokes.
In this tall, narrow scroll, only 28 centimeters wide, a cliff of dark, wet ink fills the left side, while beyond it far mountains and tiny boats are sketched in a few pale lines. The Cleveland Museum of Art dates it to the late 1700s. Rosetsu signed it at upper left and added his seal Inkyo, one of the names he used. The Kyoto National Museum describes his range, from unrestrained ink painting to precise work in color.
hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper · Painting only: 119.3 x 28 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Mountains and Distant Boats
- Artist
- Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799)
- Date
- late 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 119.3 x 28 cm (46 15/16 x 11 in.); Including mounting: 187 x 32.1 cm (73 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Anne and Robert Levine in honor of Dr. Sherman E. Lee
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1754–1799
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.