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Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight

right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793
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A goose, wings half spread, swoops toward the surface of the water in the right-hand screen. The only indications of a shore are tops of spindly reeds bending beneath the wind in the lower right corner and waves cresting close by. On the left screen, willow trees by a river and the moon’s reflection on the surface of the water offer a more quietly lyrical view. In both, the viewpoint is low and pictorial elements are close to the viewer, giving the background space a feeling of great depth. Although they have been handed down as a pair, dates inscribed by Maruyama Ōkyo on each screen are some two decades apart. Ōkyo, founder of the Maruyama-Shijō school, blended Western-style realism with elements from Japanese and Chinese traditions of painting in a manner that made him one of the most popular artists of his day.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight
  • Artist: Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (Japanese, 1733–1795)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: Each: Image: 60 9/16 in. × 11 ft. 7 1/2 in. (153.9 × 354.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.300.197.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Ōkyō Picture Album (Ōkyo gafu) 應舉画譜, Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 Japanese, Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper, Japan
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