Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape
1404
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1404
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Chinese Literatus in an Autumn Landscape is a 1404 unspecified by Josui Sōen, a Ming Painting work, depicting Muromachi Period, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a Chinese scholar on a donkey with his attendant. The scene is set in autumn, with bare trees and geese flying. It's interesting because it was made by a student of a famous artist. The artist who made this, Josui Sōen, learned from Sesshū Tōyō. To learn more, look up the museum where this painting is, The Cleveland Museum of Art.
In this painting, Sesshū Tōyō’s disciple Sōen depicts a Chinese scholar-official astride a donkey with his attendant behind. Framing their passage on the right side of the scene are two bare willows, and on the left, geese in flight, the cries of which capture the pair’s attention. These elements suggest that the season is late autumn. Sōen, who famously received Sesshū’s 1495 Splashed-ink Landscape as a certificate of his success as a pupil, studied with the master in Suō, presentday Yamaguchi, after which he returned to his native province in the Kanto region.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Josui Sōen (1489–1500) was a Japanese artist, born in Sagami Province.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
