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Landscape after the Four Wangs

Okada HankōLinkedCulture matchlcp-e4bc3171df40

Date: Winter 1840
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 117995

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Okada Hankō’s monumental work is a tour de force in the spirit of the Four Wangs, a circle of conservative Chinese painters who created stylized interpretations of classic works. This painting follows orthodox principles of composition—the foreground, middle-ground, and background are distinct yet well-integrated—maintaining order in this otherwise fantastical, complex setting. The inscription reads: The water is gone from the stony river that has a disorderly look. The leaves are gone from the mountain that has a wonderful scene. The thoroughly wet old man on the bridge, where will he go? There is a western village where an unsettled game of Go is waiting for him. Tenth month, 1840 (translated by Masato Nishimura) Japan, Asia

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