Artwork
Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn
Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn is an unspecified painting by the Kanō school artist Kano Hideyori. It dates from 1550 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Technique & Style
The work is an ink-and-light-color painting on paper in a hanging scroll format, reflecting the Kanō school's use of delicate brushwork and subtle gradations of ink to render foliage and atmospheric depth. Formal elements include a flattened spatial perspective, an asymmetrical composition, and restrained coloration applied in thin washes, emphasizing the seasonal transition through stylized tree forms and drifting leaves.
History & Provenance
Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn by Kanō Hideyori is dated to 1550, within the artist's active period in mid-sixteenth-century Japan. It is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art under accession number 1988.13.3. Specific exhibition dates or past showings are not detailed in the available documentation.
Overview
Created around 1550, Seasonal Landscapes: Autumn is a hanging scroll by Kanō Hideyori, an artist associated with the Kanō school in mid‑sixteenth‑century Kyoto. The work presents a narrow, vertical view of a river winding through rolling hills, framed by a plain brown upper border and a gold‑decorated lower edge.
Subject & Meaning
The composition depicts an autumnal scene where trees of muted green line the riverbanks and small figures traverse a path, suggesting a quiet journey through the season’s transitional landscape. The restrained palette of browns, grays, and touches of green underscores the subdued atmosphere of late autumn.
Artist & collection
Artist
Kanō Hideyori (狩野秀頼) was a Japanese painter of the Kanō school in Kyoto. His date of birth and death are unknown, however he was active in the mid-16th century, the beginning of the Momoyama period (1573–1603). Not much…
