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Musashi Plain and Mount Fuji
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About the Art
The Musashi Plain, located near Tokyo, has inspired artists in Japan for centuries as a symbol of the transient nature of life and romance. This autumn landscape is a pair of screens, featuring Mount Fuji and the full moon, low on the horizon.
FEATURED IMAGE
Artist(s) unknown (Japan, Edo period, 1615–1868), Musashi Plain and Mount Fuji, late 17th–early 18th century, six-panel folding screens, ink, colors and gold on paper, 66 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (each panel, 168.9 x 61.6 cm). Museum purchase, 1960.24.1–.2
