Snails

Nagasawa Rosetsu’s ‘Snails’ is a hanging scroll from around 1788–89. It uses ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper. The work is from Japan’s Edo period.

The painting depicts snails with intricate detail. Metallic pigments add a shimmering effect to their shells.

Rosetsu was born to a low-ranking samurai family. He trained in Kyoto with Maruyama Ōkyō, a prominent artist of the time.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.5

https://oolf.net/open-art/rosetsu-snails/