Look first
Summer Night; Winter Day
Maruyama Ōkyo · 1784
Moonlit summer and snow-covered winter face each other across a pair of screens.
What to notice
Compare the drifting clouds and night vegetation with the pale winter hills; observation and gold ground hold opposite seasons together.
Discover
Ōkyo combined close study from nature, Western-influenced realism, and Japanese screen-painting traditions. The paired panoramas make seasonal contrast feel both immediate and meditative.
Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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