Willow Bridge and Water Wheel (Uji Bridge) right of a pair, second half 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 52 3/4 x 126 7/8 in. ( x cm) (image)56 1/4 x 132 3/16 in. ( x cm) (overall, unfolded), Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper, Japan, 16th century, Clouds and mist—rendered variously in gold foil, gold paint, powdered gold, and cut gold—have just parted, revealing the great span of a golden bridge but still masking its ends. At left a waterwheel turns in the river, its waves painted in silver (now tarnished to lustrous gray). Crossing this otherworldly bridge

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