Landscape of the Four Seasons
Yi Sumun (Korean, b. c. 1404)
1450–1499
- Medium
- One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 108 x 361.3 cm (42 1/2 x 142 1/4 in.); Painting only: 92.7 x 348.7 cm (36 1/2 x 137 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Korea, Joseon period (1392–1910) or Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
About
Yi Sumun is believed to have been a Korean painter who migrated to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. This pair of screens is the artist’s most important composition in this format. Viewed from right to left, the screens show the passage of the four seasons, a popular theme in medieval Japanese ink painting.
