hanging scroll; painting BM-1881-1210-0.601

Period:Unknown Production date:15thC (questioned)
Materials:paper
Technique:painted
Subjects:landscape domestic building
Dimensions:Height: 154.50 millimetres (mount) Height: 67.20 centimetres Width: 50 centimetres (mount) Width: 35.80 centimetres

Description:
Painting, hanging scroll. Chinese-style landscape with old man walking beside a lake and waterfall, with building and mountains in the distance. Sealed.
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Comments:Figure is too large in relation to mountain; relation of temple to water in front wrong; axe-cut strokes inadequate; waterfall too blunt; seal is wrong. Edo-period copy. (Kawai, 8/2008)