四季山水画 （瀟湘八景）, Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), Muromachi period (1392–1573), early 16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper, Each: 68 1/4 × 146 in. (173.4 × 370.8 cm), Screens, Sōami (Japanese, died 1525), Vast landscapes on screens and sliding doors set a serene and contemplative mood in Muromachi-period mansions and temples. The painting depicts the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers. Enlarged and unified as a vast landscape, vignettes of daily life are set within the embrace of nature’s cycles, conforming to a longstanding preference in Japanese interior decoration that is rooted in the art and poetry of the Late Heian period (897–1185)
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四季山水画 （瀟湘八景）, Landscape, Four Seasons, Eight Views, Xiao, Xiang Rivers, Muromachi period, 1392–1573, early 16th century, Japan, Pair, six-panel folding screens, ink, paper, 68 1/4, 146, 173.4, 370.8 cm, Screens, Sōami, Japanese, died, 1525, Vast landscapes, screens, sliding doors, set, serene, contemplative mood, Muromachi-period mansions, temples, painting depicts, Enlarged, unified, vast landscape, vignettes, daily life, set within, embrace, nature, cycles, conforming, longstanding preference, Japanese interior, decoration, rooted, art, poetry, Late Heian, period, 897–1185
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