Waves at Matsushima, also named Pine Islands, is a pair of Japanese landscape paintings on two six-fold screens, made by artist Tawaraya Sōtatsu in the 1620s.

They are symbolic of Sōtatsu's aspirations for the afterlife, and were likely commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Shōunji zen temple in Sakai.

The Rinpa school of art grew in the early 17th century with the establishment of the bakufu (military government) in Edo, later named Tokyo.

During that time, large-format paintings on folding screens and sliding doors were common, and located in castles, palaces, or temples.

His most famous technique was tarashikomi, or "a pooling of pigment or ink in partially dried layers, which encouraged random, semi-translucent shapes to form".

[5] Waves at Matsushima, also known as Pine Islands,[3][6][7] is a pair of paintings on two six-fold screens,[8][9] in the medium of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper.

Matsushima was likely commissioned in the late 1620s by wealthy sea captain[4] and merchant Tani Shōan, to celebrate the opening of the Shōunji zen temple at the port of Sakai.

The clouds and embankments are made of gold leaf particles, accented with a silver pigment which has turned to a soft black over time.

[10] Sōtatsu uses a large amount of gold leaves for color, which Rinpa scholar Yamane Yūzō argues is for a sense of "well-being and abundance".

[7][19] Suzuki Kiitsu studied the Rinpa masters, and circa 1832 to 1836, he made two sliding doors that resemble the other two's screens.

In the late 1800s, a group of Western collectors, including Charles Lang Freer, started collecting Sōtatsu's work.