Landscape in Light Colors 1799

"Landscape in Light Colors" is a hanging scroll painting created by Aoki Shukuya in 1799. The scroll depicts a serene mountain landscape, rendered in a light palette and characteristic of the *bunjinga* (literati painting) style. The work features a winding river, verdant trees, and mist-shrouded peaks, emphasizing the harmonious relationship between nature and humanity. This delicate ink and color on paper painting exemplifies the elegant aesthetics of the late Edo period in Japan and is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.