Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike

Yosa Buson’s ‘Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike’ is a hanging scroll. It features ink and light color on paper. 1700s Japan, Edo period.

The dimensions of the work are not specified. It belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Japanese collection, classified under painting.

Buson was a poet and painter of the Edo period. He explored haiga, a style combining painting and haiku, and experimented with mixed Chinese-Japanese poetry.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.233

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