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Furuyama Moromasa

18th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk · Asian Art

A young beauty sits in relaxed contemplation of a cherry tree in full blossom, an up-to-date vision of the classic poet musing on life's quickly passing beauty. On the folding screen inside the room, a somber ink painting of geese flying over wind-tossed grasses hints at the autumnal phase to come.

Artist

Furuyama Moromasa

Date

18th century

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914