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DiaporamaAutumn Festival on a Mountain
801
141.0cm x 38.0cm
okada hankō (1782 – 1846)
Explore Okada Hankō's masterful Edo-period Nanga paintings! Known for intricate brushwork & subtle colors, his works capture serene landscapes & cultural themes.
This tall, narrow composition rendered in the Chinese literati-influenced manner of the Nanga school features distant towering peaks, a pavilion in the middle ground, and tiny figures meandering along mountain paths and a foreground bridge. The image is gently reminiscent of Chinese literati paintings of scholar-gentlemen in a mountain setting. Washes of color endow the scene with an atmosphere of seasonal change, a quality that combines with soft, parallel brushstrokes on foliage and rocks, and the rounded contours of the mountains to give a sense of warmth and lyricism that is distinctive to much of Hankō’s landscape painting.Hankō, a third-generation Nanga artist, was the son of one of the school’s great second-generation masters, Okada Beisanjin (1744–1820). The poetic nature of his work contrasts with his father’s more spontaneous-looking, often linear landscape scenes.
About this artwork
- Title: Autumn Festival on a Mountain
- Artist: okada hankō
- Year: 801
- Original dimensions: 141.0cm x 38.0cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color hue: Green Spectrum
- Color intensity: Balanced
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