Wild painting

The Wild Painting is a painting first introduced in. It is based upon Tawaraya Sōtatsu's Fūjin-raijin-zu, from the 17th century.

The painting depicts Fūjin, the Shinto god of the wind (pictured right), and Raijin, the Shinto god of the lightning, thunder and storms (pictured left), in a diptych style painting in four divisions. It makes use of Ma, a Japanese concept of spacing and intervals.

In, the Wild Painting has been split into two halves, each of which are sold separately at Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler. Interestingly, despite being labeled a painting in-game, both halves are treated as sculptures in the game's code, and consequently can occasionally be sent to the player in the mail by cranky villagers (who, like lazy, jock, and smug villagers, can mail the player art, but will only send sculptures).

Authenticity
In, forgeries of this painting are flipped horizontally.

In, forgeries of both halves of the painting have the creature's colour swapped. Forgery of the left half has a green creature, forgery of the right half has a white creature.

Museum exhibit description
"This folding screen shows dynamic brushwork of Fūjin and Raijin on a gold-leaf background. It is thought to be the masterpiece of Tawaraya Sōtatsu, an early-Edo- period artist. The simplification of the subjects is a style that was carried on by Ogata Kōrin. It's a style still in use today in the Rinpa school of Japanese painting."

- Museum Exhibit