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Two-panel folding screen with four fan-shaped ink paintings of mountains, trees and a house on a silvery gold-flecked ground.

Four fan paintings mounted on a screen

Two folding-screen panels display four fan-shaped paintings in ink and color on a gold-flecked, silvery ground, with a wooden lower band. The fans show misty mountain landscapes, a small house among trees, and a shoreline with rocks, rendered in soft grey washes.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
frog, ca.1814-15; scholar, ca. 1801-03; landscape, ca. 1825-30; boat, ca.1841
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3999 × 1572 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1835).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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