Summer Night; Winter Day by Maruyama Ōkyo, 1784. Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Summer Night; Winter Day · Maruyama Ōkyo · 1784 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Summer Night; Winter Day

Maruyama Ōkyo

Year
1784
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
License
Public Domain

Summer Night; Winter Day by Maruyama Ōkyo features two six-panel screens. The work, completed in 1784, uses ink, gold, and silver on paper. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.

The screens depict contrasting seasons. Summer Night shows a serene night scene. Winter Day presents a landscape covered in snow. Both blend decorative design with naturalism.

Maruyama Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school of painting. His style mixed Western naturalism with Eastern decorative elements. He received criticism for his focus on natural representation.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.156

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