Uragami Shunkin, son of the famous painter Uragami Gyokudō (1745–1820), is known for his gentle and lyrical landscapes that contrast with his father’s rough style. Shunkin’s choice of a luscious green and bright tan palette in this painting pays homage to the blue-green style attributed to the Chinese landscape painter Zhan Ziqian (active 581–618 C.E.). A literati school of painting, often called Nanga, flourished in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japan. Its practitioners sought to emulate the broad cultural interests of the Chinese scholar-artist, though, unlike their Chinese counterparts, most Japanese Nanga artists made their living by selling their art rather than painting as amateurs. Shunkin most likely saw a Ming- or Qing-dynasty reinterpretation of Zhan’s works and adapted it to his softer style, adding mountains without jagged edges and willows swaying by the water.