Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Yosa Buson Japanese

ca. 1780

Not on view

Artwork Details

与謝蕪村筆　奥の細道図扇面
Title: Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Artist: Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1780
Culture: Japan
Medium: Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (22.6 × 28.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 40 in. × 20 15/16 in. (101.6 × 53.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 40 × 23 3/8 in. (101.6 × 59.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Object Number: 2015.300.159
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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