ARTIST : The calligraphy is signed Shukan, though we haven't been able to trace this artist. The painter's name and seal have essentially been concealed behind brocade during its recent remounting.
AGE : A small landscape screen dated the 8th year of the Bunka era, 1811.
SIZE : The screen measures 73 by 17 inches (186 by 44 cm).
DESCRIPTION : The sophisticated composition features a boatman poling his way through a myriad of waterways, the banks of which are heavily populated with blooming plum trees. The artist's mannered layering of the waterways continues on into the receding mountains which are defined with soft outlines and subtle shading. The inscription is likely a poetic allusion to the scene represented in the painting.
TECHNIQUE : ink and color on paper
CONDITION : The screen is in excellent structural condition having very recently undergone a complete remounting. There are some areas of paper replacement and re-touching around the hinges.
