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Kushiro Unsen

18th–19th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin · Asian Art

Unzen, a Nanga artist, trained in Nagasaki with Chinese painters who were passing through the port city. Known as an eccentric and solitary figure, he traveled widely in pursuit of artistic influences and was purportedly fond of drink. In this sketchy autumn landscape, a single figure boats up a river overlooked by half-hidden mountain cottages.

Artist

Kushiro Unsen

Date

18th–19th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975