Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forestc. 1761-1762
This 18th-century folding screen, part of a pair, is by one of the best-known painters in Japan, Soga Shōhaku, revered for his unusual subjects and eccentric style. More about this work
About this work
This 18th-century folding screen, part of a pair, is by one of the best-known painters in Japan, Soga Shōhaku, revered for his unusual subjects and eccentric style. This screen depicts a rising dragon encased in clouds who is kicking up the wind and rain, affecting the boats on the water. In his wake, the dragon leaves behind a turbulent atmosphere, with dark clouds surrounding Fuji.
Text from the Art Institute of Chicago.
What you’re looking at
A work made of pair of six panel screens; ink and light colors on paper.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
How it was made
- Folding screen
- Panels joined by paper hinges, so the screen stands by itself in a zigzag. The picture runs across every panel, and screens were often made in pairs.
- Ink on paper
- Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2023.3068.1
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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