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Japanese Six-Panel Screen: Moonlit Mountain Landscape

Circa 1880, this six-panel screen presents a sweeping mountain landscape beneath a luminous full moon, with layered peaks emerging from drifting gold clouds. Executed in mineral pigments on gold leaf, the composition balances richly painted evergreen-covered hills with expansive areas of shimmering gold, creating a striking sense of depth and atmosphere. The interplay of moonlight, mist, and mountainous terrain reflects a longstanding theme in Japanese painting, celebrating the quiet grandeur of the natural world. Finished with a silk brocade border and lacquered wood trim, the screen is a refined example of Edo period decorative painting.