Title: A Monumental Series of Ink Wash Landscapes, with Countless Rocky Hills and Mountainscapes, and Numerous Figures and Buildings, Circa 1600-1700. Sixteen Meters of Paintings
Author: In the Style of Sesshu; Likely Unkoku School
Condition: Very Good
An Early Edo Period, 17th century emakimono handscroll, comprising of a tremendous series of ink wash landscapes, with countless rocky hills and mountainscapes, as well as numerous figures and buildings dotting the landscape. With over sixteen meters of paintings, there is a significant level of detailing applied here, and one wonders how much time was spent painting each and every individual painting.
The style and technique of rocky hills and landscapes, and the shading techniques are very much in the style of Sesshu (1420-1506), most likely being produced by a student of the Unkoku School.
The paintings have been laid down and bound in a scroll for preservation, with a beautiful brocade decorated cover of green against yellow flowers, and a wooden roller has been loosely inserted internally.
One emakimono (picture scroll) on fine paper, 26.7 x 1670 cm
This emakimono is in very good shape, with minor rubbing and wear to the brocade cover, and part of it largely detaching from the scroll itself. There is minor wear and rubbing throughout, with some minor creases, and several sheets of the backing paper to the main paintings have detached from the main layer.