Winter and Spring Landscape

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Artist: Tenshō Shūbun (Japanese)
Date: early to mid-1400s
Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions: image: height 1.174 m, width 3.435 m; overall: height 1.314 m, width 3.816 m; closed: width 0.7 m, depth 0.12 m; panel: height 1.314 m, width 0.62 m; with frame: height 1.352 m, width 3.854 m
Origin: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department: Japanese Art
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A98E6D · 55%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #594E40 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C3A47D · 8%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #7C6954 · 6%

Slate Night · Black family · #2C2C26 · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8C765D · 5%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #C29C5C · 5%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #1E1E21 · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CEAE84 · <1%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #29211E · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #262A29 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #847C73 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3B3E3C · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8C8568 · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4E474D · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #6B705B · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #927E7B · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #695B60 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Norweb Collection

9 tags

Landscapes Both · 99%

The title identifies the work as a landscape, and the image visibly depicts mountains, trees, rocks, atmospheric passages, buildings, and small figures within a mountainous environment.

Earth Tones Visual · 94%

Warm beige and tan paper tones are combined with muted gray, brown, and charcoal-like ink passages, producing an overall earth-toned appearance.
Sparse Visual · 89%

Large pale areas and mist-like passages separate more concentrated clusters of trees, rocks, and architecture, creating a spacious composition with substantial open ground.

East Asian Ink-and-Wash Painting Both · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs the work as ink and slight color on paper, while the image visibly relies on black and gray brushwork, diluted washes, and restrained tonal color characteristic of East Asian ink-and-wash painting.
Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum classifies the work as a painting; the image shows painted brushwork on paper.
Screen Format Metadata · 100%

The medium is identified as a six-panel folding screen, and six vertical panels are clearly visible in the image.
Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 91%

Overlapping cliffs and mountains, diminishing trees, pale atmospheric washes, and distant structures establish recession through the depth of the landscape.

15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1423–1460, within the fifteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as Japan and classifies the work under Japanese Art.

Tenshō Shūbun (Japanese). Winter and Spring Landscape. Cleveland Museum of Art.