Six Jewel Rivers (Mu-Tamagawa), Sakai Ōho, ca. 1839

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Six Jewel Rivers (Mu-Tamagawa), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1839, Japan, Six handscrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk, Overall (a): 3 9/16 x 46 7/16 in. (9 x 118 cm), Paintings, Sakai Ōho (Japanese, 1808–1841), The titles of the six small-format handscrolls in this set refer to the six rivers in various parts of Japan that are named Tamagawa, or Jewel River. Each scroll shows a horizontal expanse of landscape in which the main elements of the composition are gradually introduced and then slowly fade out in almost cinematic fashion

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