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Nakabayashi Chikkei
Landscape: Ode to the Red Cliffmid-19th century

On view: David Geffen GalleriesChina's Influence in East Asia and Beyond
Hanging scroll landscape painting in ink and color, depicting misty cliffs, autumn foliage, and a small covered boat on a calm river
Detail of aged silk or paper ground in pale tan, showing two red square collector's seals with Chinese seal-script characters, stacked vertically at center.
Detail of a Chinese ink and color painting on silk; a covered river boat with several figures beneath a latticed canopy, one figure seated at the stern; rippled water rendered in fine repeated lines against warm ochre ground; reeds and rocky shoreline visible at lower left.

Nakabayashi Chikkei, Landscape: Ode to the Red Cliff, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Far Eastern Art Council and Brian Vidor, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban

Artist or Maker
Nakabayashi Chikkei
Japan, 1816-1867
Title
Landscape: Ode to the Red Cliff
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 51 5/16 x 20 3/8 in. (131.0 x 51.7 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Far Eastern Art Council and Brian Vidor
Accession Number
M.82.104
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Graham, Patricia. " Nanga Painters of Nagoya." Orientations 15, no.10 (1984): 34-48.
Copyright
Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban