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Snow Landscape

雪中山水図

mid-1770s

Yosa Buson 与謝 蕪村

(Japanese, 1716–1783)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 174.6 x 67.3 cm (68 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.111
Public Domain
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Location
235A Japanese
Print
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One of the artist's seals reads: "flung ink gives life to brush lines."

Description

In this painting, the mountains and sky glow with a hidden warmth from undertones in red as birds descend into the trees around a scholar’s retreat. Yosa Buson is recognized in Japanese literary history as one of the country’s greatest poets, but he was also an accomplished, self-taught painter. His style changed over the course of his career. Initially painting with precise brushwork, he gradually developed a freer style like the one he used in this snowscape.
A hanging scroll in ink and light color depicts a vertical snow landscape with gnarled, snow-laden branches in the foreground. A small hut with reddish-tan walls and a seated figure is nestled among the winter trees. Above, a flock of small black birds descend into gray mountains. The painter’s signature and red seals are featured in the upper right corner. Another of the artist’s seals is at lower left.

Snow Landscape

mid-1770s

Yosa Buson

(Japanese, 1716–1783)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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