Landscape after the Four Wangs, Winter 1840
Okada Hankōexpand_more
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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture; formerly given to the Center by the Peter F. Drucker Familyexpand_more 2013.29.821
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Okada Hankō’s monumental work is a tour de force in the spirit of the Four Wangs, a circle of conservative Chinese painters who created stylized interpretations of classic works. This painting follows orthodox principles of composition—the foreground, middle-ground, and background are distinct yet well-integrated—maintaining order in this otherwise fantastical, complex setting.
The inscription reads:
The water is gone from the stony river that has a disorderly look.
The leaves are gone from the mountain that has a wonderful scene.
The thoroughly wet old man on the bridge, where will he go'
There is a western village where an unsettled game of Go is waiting for him.
Tenth month, 1840
(translated by Masato Nishimura)
Details
- Title
- Landscape after the Four Wangs
- Artist Life
- 1782 - 1846
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.821
- Curator Approved
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