Gazing at a Waterfall

Tani Bunchō’s “Gazing at a Waterfall” features ink and color on silk. It is a hanging scroll from 1790, created during the Edo period in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art holds this piece.

The scroll depicts a lone figure gazing at a waterfall. The painting uses delicate brushwork to capture the natural landscape.

Bunchō was active as both a painter and poet. He was a Japanese literati artist without formal ties to a specific art movement.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.16