長澤蘆雪筆　雪中狗子図襖|Puppies in the Snow

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪

1792–99 · Set of four sliding panels mounted as a pair of two-panel screens; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Puppies frolic in the snow, their joyful exuberance amplified by the painter’s animated brushwork onthe dogs’ curved tails and wild fur. These paintings were originally created as four sliding door panels but are now hinged to form a pair of two-panel screens. The painting on the reverse of the panels, which depict seven puppies and bamboo (alluding to an ancient Chinese theme known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove), is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Following the style of his early teacher Maruyama Ōkyo, especially his naturalistic depiction of animals, birds, and fish, Rosetsu established a reputation as an unrestrained and imaginative painter.

Artist

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪

Date

1792–99

Medium

Set of four sliding panels mounted as a pair of two-panel screens; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015