Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) / mid-1770s
Snow Landscape
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Snow Landscape as painting (Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · mid-1770s).
One of the artist's seals reads: "flung ink gives life to brush lines."
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as hanging scroll; ink and color on paper and credits Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783).
The museum's collection notes: 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.
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