Cleveland Museum of Art
Chinese Literatus Viewing a Valley
- Date
- possibly mid- to late 1500s–1600s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Edo period (1615–1858)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting depicts a well-recognized scene in East Asian painting most often associated with the Chinese Southern Song dynasty painter Ma Yuan: a figure, most likely a retired government official, contemplating a high mountain valley from a scenic overlook. The lower left corner of the painting has a tripod-shaped seal resembling that of Kano Hideyori. The work appears to have either been made or repurposed to hang as a pair with a painting by Hideyori.
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