“Mistflowers”

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Artist: Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539–1613)
Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Medium: Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (25.7 × 21.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 54 5/8 × 15 1/4 in. (138.7 × 38.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 54 5/8 × 17 3/16 in. (138.7 × 43.6 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.: 2015.300.30

“An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (Sekiya)
Tosa Mitsuyoshi
mid-16th–early 17th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014074
“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji
Tosa Mitsuyoshi
late 16th–early 17th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014399
“The Oak Tree”
Tosa Mitsuyoshi
late 16th–early 17th century · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016382

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.