Harvard Art Museums > TL42642.11: Quiet Pleasure in the Mountains Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Quiet Pleasure in the Mountains (Uragami Gyokudō 浦上玉堂) , TL42642.11,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/361435. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text No painter developed a more singular literati style than Gyokudō, who, at the age of 50, retired from his position as a provincial bureaucrat and spent the rest of his life traveling around the archipelago with his sons, playing the zither and painting in return for lodging. He received no formal painting training but developed a uniquely expressive pictorial language that elaborated on a Chinese texture stroke known as the Mi dot, in which the brush is pressed onto the surface of the paper to form a fingerprint-like impression. Gyokudō transformed the Mi dot into a series of horizontal strokes to create shimmering landscapes such as this unusually large painting. Each of these works invariably includes a traveler like the one seen here crossing the bridge in the foreground. Identification and Creation Object Number TL42642.11 People Uragami Gyokudō 浦上玉堂, Japanese (Bizen 1745 - 1820) Title Quiet Pleasure in the Mountains Other Titles Original Language Title: 山中静楽 Classification Paintings Work Type painting, hanging scroll Date c. 1810 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/361435 Location Location Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink on paper Dimensions painting proper: H. 118 × W. 52.5 cm (46 7/16 × 20 11/16 in.) overall mounting, including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 211 × W. 76.5 cm (83 1/16 × 30 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks signature: 玉堂 [Gyokudō] seal: square, intaglio: 白髯琹士 [White-Haired Zither Master] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg Object Number TL42642.11 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Rachel Saunders and Yukio Lippit, Painting Edo: Selections from the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 2020), p. 58, fig. 45 Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), p. 64, cat. 53 Exhibition History 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2024 - 12/02/2024 Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/14/2020 - 06/06/2021 Related Articles Art Talk: Painting Edo April 29, 2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
