Strange Mountain Peak in a Moonlit Night

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Strange Mountain Peak in a Moonlit Night

Nagasawa Rosetsu

Date
late 18th century
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Nagasawa Rosetsu’s skillful use of ink wash evokes a hazy moonlit autumn sky. Reaching toward the sky are curlicues of what may be mist or ocean waves or even obscured mountain cliffs. Rosetsu, whose Moon over Takigoshi is hanging nearby, is highly regarded in Japan today. Asia

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