Seventy-two Peaks Against the Blue Sky
Medium
Eight-panel folding screen, ink with gold and silver foil on paper
Dimensions
69.6 × 282.4 cm · image: 51.5 × 275.2 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession Number
1980.28
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Unlike many painters of his generation, Goshun began his career with considerable social and economic advantage. Perhaps more significant, his upbringing and temperament helped foster his relationships with teachers, colleagues, and patrons. Apparently he moved with ease from the lively environment of the brothels in Kyoto’s entertainment district to the sedate sessions of poetry composition favored by the elite of Osaka and Kyoto. Whether writing haiku or executing paintings incorporating class...