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Beautiful Sights of Mutsu Province

陸奥奇勝図巻
Beautiful Sights of Mutsu Province (陸奥奇勝図巻)
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At a glance — Painting · Edo period · held by Kyushu National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Ikeno Taiga.

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Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1749
Creator
Ikeno Taiga (池大雅、池野大雅)
Dimensions
31.7 cm×677.7 cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-11944

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Painter Ike no Taiga (1723–76) found great success in producing nanga, a style of Chinese painting favored by literati (intellectuals) in Japan. This work depicts a famous view of Matsushima in Mutsu Province (present-day eastern Tohoku). The pristine scene is imbued with the fresh sensibility of a young artist who had enjoyed his time in the area. Taiga painted this piece on holiday in Kanazawa in 1749, a year after his visit to Matsushima.

— Museum description: Kyushu National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Beautiful Sights of Mutsu Province（陸奥奇勝図巻）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-11944. Kyushu National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/beautiful-sights-of-mutsu-province/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Paintings
  • Material: Ink and light color on paper
  • Quantity: Handscroll
  • Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Early modern paintings
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Size: 31.7 cm×677.7 cm
  • 員数: 1巻
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 紙本墨画淡彩
  • 種別: 絵画:日本:近世絵画
  • 時代世紀: 江戸時代 寛延2年(1749)
  • 法量: 縦31.7 長677.7

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