Cover art · winter
Winter Day
Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795), 1784.
Using it on a cover
The print file prints up to 11.3 x 5.2 in at 300 ppi — fine for smaller trims or inset artwork, but too small to fill a 6 x 9 in cover at 300 ppi. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 70% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.
About the work
Ōkyo painted these panoramas in the summer of 1784. Regarded as Kyoto's most important painting teacher and accomplished artist, he had studied Western painting techniques, "realistic" sketching from nature, and traditional Japanese style painting (yamato-e). The naturalistic quality of these scenes results from a blend of detailed observation of nature and a remote, even detached regard for man's place in the world.
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Sources & data
- Artwork data and images from the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API (CC0).