Water Buffalo Returning Home
1781
Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783)
Japanese Art
Water Buffalo Returning Home, 1781. Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk; overall: 203.2 x 59.2 cm (80 x 23 5/16 in.); painting only: 130.8 x 46.2 cm (51 1/2 x 18 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1970.77 The man keeps his feet dry by crossing over the bridge while the water buffalo pulls the cart through the stream.
- Maker/Artist
- Yosa Buson
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 203.2 x 59.2 cm (80 x 23 5/16 in.); Painting only: 130.8 x 46.2 cm (51 1/2 x 18 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1970.77
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1970, Buson and His Followers, Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation, <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-May 6, 2003).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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