与謝蕪村筆 奥の細道図扇面|Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North
ca. 1780
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
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.159
Tags
Art Historical Context
Yosa Buson's *Scene from The Narrow Road the Deep North* (. 1780) captures a poignant moment from the famed haiku poet Matsuo Bash's 17th-century travelogue *Oku no Hosomichi*. This Edo-period masterpiece depicts humble travelers amid fences and rural landscapes, evoking the introspective journey through Japan's northern wilderness. Buson, a master of literati painting (nanga) and haikai poetry, infused his works with poetic lyricism, blending delicate ink washes and subtle colors to convey transience and harmony with nature—hallmarks of his style that bridged Japanese and Chinese artistic tra...