Water and Trees, Pure and Resplendent, 1822, Noro Kaiseki, Japanese, 1747 - 1828, 10 9/16 × 189 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image, not including between mounts)11 3/4 × 235 5/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller, includes between image mounting), Ink and light color on paper; title and closing colophons/seals on silk, Japan, 19th century, Imagine you are unrolling this scroll. Beginning at the far right, mountains rise and fall, some close, others far away. Waterways and groves of trees appear and disappear. Then, from the bottom edge of the scroll, we begin to see signs of life

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