@googleartsculture: Find a quiet anchor in your day. ☁️ Unmute your device, let the gold waves roll, and follow the ink lines across these twelve-foot-wide folding screens. 🎧 Commissioned in 1628 for the opening of a Zen temple, this masterpiece by Tawaraya Sōtatsu depicts a fabled, symbolic sea rather than a real geographic coastline. Explore the story behind Waves at Matsushima in closer detail on Google Arts & Culture at the link in bio. 🌿 Waves at Matsushima 🎨 Tawaraya Sōtatsu 📅 1628 🏛️ Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art #ArtTok #CalmTok #Mindfulness #JapaneseArt #ArtBreak #GoogleArtsAndCulture #EdoPeriod