Seasonal Landscapes, mid- to late 1500s. Kano Hideyori (Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: x cm (60 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.). Now comprising three scrolls, this composition was originally a set of four paintings depicting the seasons. The set is among the most important of the artist’s surviving works. Each painting was executed in the gy? mode, indicating a speedy brush with rounded strokes. The terms shin (formal), s? (cursive), and gy? (semicursive), borrowed from calligraphy terminology, are terms commonly used by connoisseurs to describe brus
Seasonal Landscapes, mid- to late 1500s. Kano Hideyori (Japanese, active mid- to late 1500s). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; overall: x cm (60 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.). Now comprising three scrolls, this composition was originally a set of four paintings depicting the seasons. The set is among the most important of the artist’s surviving works. Each painting was executed in the gy? mode, indicating a speedy brush with rounded strokes. The terms shin (formal), s? (cursive), and gy? (semicursive), borrowed from calligraphy terminology, are terms commonly used by connoisseurs to describe brushwork in ink paintings.
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