Untitled

Yosa Buson

ca. 1780 · Hanging scroll, color on satin · Asian Art

With its soft tones of ink and color against luminous satin and the kinetic quality of the brushwork in the desolate mountain, this late painting by Buson exhibits a lyrical, personal expression. One of the most renowned haiku poets of his day, Buson made his livelihood as a painter. Along with Ike Taiga he is considered to be one of the major figures in the Nanga movement, which adapted the painting of Ming and Qing China to Japanese sensibilities.

Artist

Yosa Buson

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Hanging scroll, 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