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About the Artwork
A wolf howls beneath the tall pines in a misty landscape. The painter was born in the bustling city of Osaka in the Kansai region. He studied with Mori Jihō (1818–1891) and admired the Maruyama school of painters. He was especially gifted at depicting deer, monkeys, tigers, weasels, and other animals.
Provenance
?–1989: (Ishinosuke Mizutani, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1989–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990). Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Yoshimura Hōryū (Japanese, 1874–1950)
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 188 x 61 cm (74 x 24 in.); Painting only: 118.7 x 41.9 cm (46 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1989.474
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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