Landscape After 'Solitary Fishing in a Ravine of Flowers' by Wang Meng, 1749, Gion Nankai, Japanese, 1677 - 1751, 136 1/4 ¡Ñ 47 11/16 in. (346.08 ¡Ñ 121.13 cm) (image, approximately)161 ¡Ñ 54 1/2 in. (408.94 ¡Ñ 138.43 cm) (mount, approximately w/o roller knobs)161 ¡Ñ 57 1/2 in. (408.94 ¡Ñ 146.05 cm) (mount, approximately w/ roller knobs)1 9/16 ¡Ñ 1 3/4 in. (3.97 ¡Ñ 4.45 cm) (object part, each roller end), Ink and light color on paper, Japan, 18th century, Mighty, gnarled pine trees command the lower half of this enormous landscape, the largest known painting by Gion Nankai, a pioneer of the Nanga movement in Japan. Beneath the trees is a cliffside path with a gate leading to a small hut tucked away in a grove of bamboo. We find the hut¡¦s tenant in a covered boat on the river, being poled by a servant, offering us a viewpoint of and a pathway toward a dramatic landscape of precipitous cliffs, misty valleys, waterfalls, and distant layered peaks.