san-en　三遠

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

The three types of distances desired for mountains in Chinese ink painting as defined by the famous Academy landscapist of the Northern Sung, Kuo Hsi (Jp: Kaku Ki 郭煕; after 1000-ca. 1090) in The Lofty Message of Forests and Streams (Ch: Lin-ch`uan kao-chin; Jp:RINSEN KOUCHI 林泉高致). They are based on his own observations of nature: 1) high distance (kou-en 高遠) looking up at a mountain from below; 2) deep distance (shin-en 深遠) looking out from the front of a mountain and to see other mountains behind it; and 3) flat or level distance (hei-en 平遠) looking out from a mountain to neighbouring low-lying hills.

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*roku-en 六遠

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