Travelers in Snowy Mountains (Translation)
雪山行旅図屏風 大正時代 山元春挙筆 六曲一双 紙本墨画淡彩 (Primary Title)
Winter Mountains, Six-panel screen (Former Title)
two six panel folding screens (Object Name)
Yamamoto Shunkyo, 1871 - 1933 (Artist)
Born in Shiga, east of Kyoto, Yamamoto Shunkyo was a renowned
Maruyama-school artist who emphasized sketching directly from nature. In these paired screens, he depicted cypress trees on the right
and tiny travelers climbing on the snow-covered slope on the left. Using ink
washes and gradation, Shunkyo combined landscapes of two different seasons into
one continued scene with a light-and-shadow atmosphere.
Maruyama School 円山派
Taisho period (1912-1926)
春挙 Shunkyo (each screen)
春挙 Shunkyo, 嵐草卍象月中塵 (each screen)
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Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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