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Boats on the Sea

Studio of Sōtatsu 宗達派

Color painting formed from a pair of screens arranged horizontally side-by-side, each with six, narrow vertical panels, of green and brown landmasses on the right and left sides of the composition, emerging from a turbulent sea with waves depicted in blue and white. Three narrow boats, two on the right screen and one on the left, each have a single figure with an oar at one end. The upper half of the image is dominated by a gold background with irregular edges, resembling clouds. — Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper; 60 1/2 × 139 7/16 in (image). Public Domain

Artist
Studio of Sōtatsu

Subject Area
Environment

Artistic Techniques
Tarashikomi Gold, Gold Leaf

More about this art at
Minneapolis Institute of Art ↗

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