# Willows

- Date: 1100s
- Medium: album leaf; ink and light color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 23.8 x 25.1 cm (9 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
- Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
- Credit line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.365)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1985.365/1985.365_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A single scholar in a skiff drifts beneath shade-giving willows and savors his view of mountain peaks just emerging from the pervasive river mist. Round lotus leaves and vertical marsh reeds join with the dotted grasses and curving willow leaves to provide considerable textural variety within the foreground area, which contrasts with the more irregular texturing of the distant mountains. Misty space plays an active part in the composition, and the components of the painting are organized around bisecting diagonals.