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Chinese Landscapes of the Four Seasons (Shiki sansui zu 四季山水図),

mid-17th century

Unkoku Tōtetsu 雲谷等哲, 1631–1683; born and died Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2025-109 a-b

Information

Title
Chinese Landscapes of the Four Seasons (Shiki sansui zu 四季山水図)
Dates

mid-17th century

Maker
Unkoku Tōtetsu 雲谷等哲
Medium
Pair of six-fold screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
each, approx.:166.4 × 320 cm (65 1/2 × 126 in.) folded: 166.4 × 61 × 11.4 cm (65 1/2 × 24 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Julie Bedell in memory of Rowland H.S. Bedell, M.D., Class of 1956
Object Number
2025-109 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
right screen: Sesshū masson Unkoku Tōtetsu hitsu 雪舟末孫雲谷等哲筆 (Painted by Unkoku Tōtetsu, descendant of Sesshū); left screen: Gyōnen hachijūnana sai Unkoku Tōtetsu hitsu 行年八十七歳雲谷等哲筆
Marks/Labels/Seals
right screen: [red, round, double ringed, relief] Unkoku 雲谷; [red, squared, double ringed, intaglio] Tōtetsu 等哲 left screen: [red, round, double ringed, relief] Unkoku 雲谷; [red, squared, double ringed, intaglio] Tōtetsu 等哲
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings
Subject
landscapes (representations), seasons, autumn, spring, summer, winter, mountains

[Uchida Art Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan]; purchased by Rowland and Julie Bedell, Bethesda, M.D., December 1968; donated to PUAM by Julie Bedell June, 2025.

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