Landscape with Solitary Scholar

ca. 1810

Japanese, 1782 - 1846

Japanese

Paired side-by-side with the work of his father Beisanjin, this hanging scroll reveals the far more subdued, restrained style of Hanko. Although the two paintings share the motif of the solitary scholar amidst rugged mountains, the brushwork in Hanko's landscape is crisper, more delicate. Compare the swirling eddies of water in the father's work to the placid stream in his son's.

Ink and color on paper

79 15/16 x 26 1/2 in. (203 x 67.3cm)

Floyd A. Naramore Memorial Purchase Fund

74.72

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Transforming Traditions: Japanese and Korean Art since 1800", May 23, 2009 - February 21, 2010

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)

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