Accession Number
1987/2.65

Title
Mountain landscape in spring

Artist(s)
Mori Kansai

Object Creation Date
circa 1850-1894

Medium & Support
ink and light color on paper

Dimensions
47 13/16 in. x 20 3/8 in. ( 121.4 cm x 51.8 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern

Subject matter
Mori Kansai is of the Maruyama school also known as the Shijo school which focuses on naturalistic paintings similar to what is depicted here. 

Physical Description
Depicted in this hanging scroll are mountains coming out of water and fog. Painted in ink and light color on paper, the mountains start from the bottom right and snake up to the upper left. There is an inscription in the upper left corner followed by two red seals. In the negative space in the left lower corner is a boat with three individuals rowing. On the right is a bridge. 

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
hanging scroll

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
mountains
water