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In the bottom right corner of the painting, there are two buildings placed at the bottom of a hill that has plants growing on it. Next to them is a small cluster of trees, close enough where their trunks are visible. In the distance, there are more trees running across the painting, however, only the foliage is visible. The leaves on these trees stand out because each individual leaf is inked. There is another small cluster of buildings on the far left of the painting behind these trees. Further in the distance are mountains.
Hine Taizan
Landscape after Shen Zhou (Chinese artist, 1427-1509)
1849
Museum Purchase
1962/1.106
This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
1300 – 1335
Gift of Harold Phillip Stern, presented in memory of Archibald Gibson Wenley
1964/2.104
Horizontally long. Ink on paper. Mostly calligraphy with a foliage imagery at the beginning.
Shen Zhou
Pine and Hibiscus
1489
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.173
A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
18th century
Museum Purchase
1959/1.158
Yellow glazed brush rest in the shape of partially unrolled scroll, applique on top, with Wang Bingrong mark on base. It has a custom wood stand.
Brush Rest
1821 – 1850
Promised gift of William C. Weese, M.D., LSA ‘65
PG2020.2.90A-B
Handscroll depicting figures (42 men and 6 boys) in a landscape, most of whom are sitting along the banks of a stream as cups on lotus leaves float by. A small cluster of figures sits in a shelter over the water examining a handscroll. The painting includes an inscription, six artist’s seals and one collector’s seal.
Sheng Maoye
The Orchid Pavilion Gathering
1621
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1974/1.244
Horizontally oriented. Begins with two large characters then a series of folliage imagery proceeded by calligraphy. Ink on paper, hand scroll.
Unge (Taigan)
Orchids Room
1823
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1968/2.25
On this handscroll, we see topis that alternate between plants, fish, birds, a&nbsp;moonlit hillside, a seated Hotei, and &quot;a&nbsp;man&nbsp;seated&nbsp;before&nbsp;a large&nbsp;flower&nbsp;pot&nbsp;containing&nbsp;a&nbsp;profusion&nbsp;of&nbsp;lotus&nbsp;leaves.&nbsp;His cap&nbsp;indicates&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;is&nbsp;probably&nbsp;a&nbsp;Confucian&nbsp;scholar&nbsp;who&nbsp;is relaxing&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;summer&nbsp;day.&quot;&nbsp;<br /> &quot;They&nbsp;are&nbsp;executed&nbsp;with&nbsp;such&nbsp;quick&nbsp;brushwork&nbsp;and&nbsp;slight&nbsp;color&nbsp;that&nbsp;the entire&nbsp;scroll&nbsp;could&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;completed&nbsp;at&nbsp;a&nbsp;single&nbsp;sitting.&quot;<br /> <br /> <b id="docs-internal-guid-d79ed4e4-7fff-a8d6-2e74-e4e48165a9a9">Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. <em>Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Landscape and Figure Painting: a Loan Exhibition from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.</b>
Matsumura Keibun
Twenty Fruit and Flower Studies
1800 – 1849
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.166
Six courtesans are sitting in a separate room, each in a different kimono while four samurais stand outside the room. There is another man that is carrying supplies on his back.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Yoshiwara District
1700 – 1732
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1980/2.209
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