Harvard Art Museums > TL42570.10: Chinese Landscape Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Chinese Landscape (Nakabayashi Chikutō 中林竹洞) , TL42570.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/340373. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text The profusion of repetitive lines in this large-scale work by the reclusive Kyoto-based painter and theorist Nakabayashi Chikutō creates the illusion that the entire landscape is softly swaying. Although there are few signs of human activity, the scene is not entirely uninhabited: a contemplative figure is visible in one of the structures on the lakeshore in the left panel, and a man wearing a long-sleeved robe and holding a staff appears on the bridge at the bottom of the right panel. The latter is depicted walking, yet he is rendered with such economy that it almost appears as if he is the only element of the picture that is still. The elegant visual dissonance between the scholar and his surroundings marks this figure as a possible proxy guide to the uncanny, dreamlike landscape. Identification and Creation Object Number TL42570.10 People Nakabayashi Chikutō 中林竹洞, Japanese (Nagoya 1776 - 1853) Title Chinese Landscape Classification Paintings Work Type screen, painting Date c. 1815 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/340373 Location Location Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Two-panel folding screen; ink and light color on paper Dimensions painting proper: H. 154 × W. 169.4 cm (60 5/8 × 66 11/16 in.) overall, flexed open at 160-degree angle: H. 170.8 × W. 175.3 cm (67 1/4 × 69 in.) Inscriptions and Marks seal: upper; square, intaglio: 成昌之印 [Nariaki (Seishō) no in] seal: lower; square, intaglio: 字伯明 [Azana Hakumei] signature: 竹洞山人寫 [Painted by Chikutō Sanjin] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg Object Number TL42570.10 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 41-45, cat. 28 Exhibition History 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024 Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/14/2020 - 06/06/2021 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
