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Winter Scene with Ducks and Pine Trees
Matsumura Goshun Japanese
Not on view
Matsumura Goshun’s composition conveys the quiet, gentle mood of a winter’s day—not harshly frigid but refreshingly brisk. The soft blue of the pond on which ducks float contributes to the placid feeling. While retaining elements of Yosa Buson’s poetic sensibilities, the painting demonstrates how Goshun was drawn to Maruyama Ōkyo’s style. The snowscape is created without any particular emphasis on brushwork; indeed, most of the silk surface is left in reserve. Pine trees are given dimensionality through the selective application of ink wash. The calligraphic style of the signature, reading “Goshun,” combined with the oval “Goshun” seal, places the work in the late 1790s.
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