Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009352Snow Landscape
by Yosa Buson
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
Artist's signature in the upper right: 謝長庚寫於碧雲洞; Artist's seals in upper right. Top seal: 三果乃主 [Romanization: Sanka no shū]. Bottom seal: 謝長庚印 [Romanization: Sha Chōko in].; Artist's seals in lower left. 溌墨生痕 [Romanization: Hatsuboku seikon]
Provenance
?–1997: Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1997–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
“Bunjin” in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 21, 2026-June 20, 2027).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783)
- Date
- mid-1770s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 174.6 x 67.3 cm (68 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Accession no.
- 1997.111
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