Landscape with Motifs from the Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
1602
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1602
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a folding screen with four scenes: a temple hidden in mist, geese landing on sand, a fishing village at sunset, and a mountain market clearing after rain. This screen was made in Japan, but the scenes come from an old Chinese poem. The artist used "crab-claw" trees—branches that curl like a crab’s legs—and tiny dots to show mist. It’s part of a pair, but the other half is missing. To see more art like this, look up *Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)*.
