Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Artist: Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (22.6 × 28.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 40 in. × 20 15/16 in. (101.6 × 53.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 40 × 23 3/8 in. (101.6 × 59.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession no.: 2015.300.159

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Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009323
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.