Mountains and Distant Boats

Nagasawa Rosetsu’s “Mountains and Distant Boats” is a hanging scroll from the late 1700s. Ink and slight color on paper. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The scene depicts a mountainous landscape with boats in the distance. The composition balances ink and sparse color, characteristic of Edo period art.

Nagasawa Rosetsu studied under Maruyama Ōkyo in Kyoto. His work shows the influence of the Maruyama School’s emphasis on naturalistic detail.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.261

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