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Folding fan with an ink landscape of misty mountains and pine trees on beige paper, gold wooden ribs spread below.

Landscape: Mountains, river, buildings and moon

A folding fan with a pale beige paper leaf painted in soft ink with misty mountains, pine trees, and a low hazy landscape across the centre, the peak rising at upper centre. Bare gold-toned wooden ribs spread below the leaf, against a plain grey background.

Artist
Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)
Date
late 16th century
Medium
Ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
3999 × 3005 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
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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