9 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Herdboy and Buffalo in the Moonlight
1200 – 1399
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/2.12
This is a dense but muted landscape painting. The lines are very well defined. The colors consit of muted greens and browns, with a bid of red in some places. There is a river flowing through the center of the painting, running down the landscape and toward the viewer. There is a figure sitting on a gnarled tree-raft towards the bottom left of the painting, with another figure looking upon the scene from the opposite bank of the river. There are ornate buildings present toward the top of the panting. The viewer can see a lone figure in an interior covered by stylized clouds.
Yu Zhiding (Yü Chih-ting);Yu Zhiding (Yü Chih-ting)
A Han Dynasty Envoy Navigating on a Tree-Raft
1696
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1985/2.30
There are mountains with trees and houses dispersed. At the bottom of the mountain is a river, there are boulders dispersed along the shore. In the upper right corner of the hanging scroll, there is an inscription and a signature. There is a blue design for the border.
Ōkura Ryūzan
Landscape after Lan Ying
1800 – 1849
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1982/1.196
This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.
Wu Wei (Chinese (culture or style))
Travelers on a Mountain Pass
1490 – 1508
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Wu
1981/1.312

Zhang Qi (Chang Ch'i)
Crane on a Pine Branch
18th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.110
This hanging scroll depicts a mountainous region with a river that runs through the bottom. The crags are adorned with colorful trees. There is a waterfall that starts towards the center of the painting that feeds into the river. On the far right middle is a small dark figure that may be the traveler referenced in the title. Just to the lower left is a small roofed gazebo-type building. There is a two-line vertical inscription on the upper right followed by two read seals just below the second line. The painting is framed in purple patterned silk and a light creme color pattern closest to the upper and lower edges of the painting. 
Hamada Kyōdō
Traveller in a Mountain Landcape with a Waterfall
1790 – 1814
Gift of Helmut Stern
2003/1.389
This is a very dense landscape painting. There are waterfalls, clouds, trees and cliffs present in the painting. The colors consist of muted greens and browns. Towards the lower half of the painting, there is a view of an interior with four figures present, three of which are sitting at a low table. There is a staircase on the lower right, with a man standing on it, looking upwards. There is also a house on a cliff towards the upper right of the painting. There is calligraphy in the upper right hand corner, with a red seal. There is another red seal, although a bit faded, in the lower left corner of the image.
Xie Shichen (Hsieh Shih-ch'en)
Summer Retreat
1533 – 1566
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.161
This is a mountain&nbsp;valley, &quot;with&nbsp;its&nbsp;foreground&nbsp;landspit&nbsp;and&nbsp;trees silhouetted&nbsp;against&nbsp;an&nbsp;expanse&nbsp;of&nbsp;water&nbsp;with&nbsp;tall mountains&nbsp;soaring&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;background.&quot;<br />
&quot;The&nbsp;poem&nbsp;that&nbsp;Kaiseki&nbsp;inscribed&nbsp;on&nbsp;this&nbsp;landscape&nbsp;effectively&nbsp;captures&nbsp;the&nbsp;mood&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;painting.
<p>Whose&nbsp;house&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;hillside&nbsp;woods&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;full&nbsp;stream?<br />
High&nbsp;trees&nbsp;spreading&nbsp;out&nbsp;among&nbsp;the&nbsp;rocks.&nbsp;<br />
Fallen&nbsp;leaves completely&nbsp;carried&nbsp;away&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;river&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;rain<br />
Leaving&nbsp;only&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;of&nbsp;autumn&nbsp;to&nbsp;fill&nbsp;the&nbsp;sky&nbsp;and&nbsp;hills.&quot;<br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-e0c693aa-7fff-f47e-1b27-08ac4d46b687">Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. <em>Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Land
Noro Kaiseki
Mountain Valley in Autumn
1825
Gift of Dr. Kurt A. Gitter
1972/2.380
Hanging scroll with green silk floral-patterned background. Light color and brown patterned silk frame the ink-painted image. The painted image depicts a path of bamboo with an individual looking out toward the right. Rock outcroppings frame the bottom of the image and there is a snaking river in the bottom half of the image.&nbsp;
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
The Hermit Lin P'u Accompanied by a Crane and Young Servant
1368 – 1644
Transfer from the School of Art and Design and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
1998/2.1
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