Untitled

The work titled Untitled is a hanging scroll painted in ink on paper by the Kano School in 1741 in Japan. It portrays a cloud and a horse and is classified as a landscape painting. The scroll measures 103.5 cm in height and 29.5 cm in width.

It was created as part of the school’s tradition of monochrome landscapes and remains unsigned. The piece entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is catalogued in the museum’s holdings and displayed as part of its Asian art department.

The hanging scroll is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is recorded as part of the museum's holdings of Kano School paintings.

No specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented for the work.

This ink on paper hanging scroll, titled Untitled, was created by an artist of the Kano School in 1741. The composition features a dynamic depiction of a horse in motion, accompanied by subtle cloud forms. Executed with a distinctive economy of line, the work exemplifies the Kano School's characteristic blend of traditional subject matter with a lively, expressive brushwork.

The Kano School, a prominent artistic lineage in Japan, was known for its diverse output, often commissioned by the ruling samurai class and shogunate. Despite their formal patronage, many Kano artists cultivated a distinctive style characterized by its playful and unconstrained brushwork. This piece reflects that tradition, demonstrating how a powerful subject could be conveyed with both elegance and energetic simplicity.