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Find the white puppy at lower right, drawn with only a thin outline, then look up at the sparrows flying above it.
Puppies were a famous subject of Rosetsu’s teacher, Maruyama Ōkyo, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art credits Rosetsu himself with an uncanny understanding of animals. In this panel a white puppy is drawn with nothing but a fine outline on the bare paper, while sparrows dart overhead and one perches on a bamboo pole. Chrysanthemums reach in from the lower left, and another pale circle marks an old door pull.
Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper · Overall: 211.4 x 94 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799)
- Date
- c. 1792–94
- Medium
- Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 211.4 x 94 cm (83 1/4 x 37 in.); Painted surface: 167.6 x 91.5 cm (66 x 36 in.)
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1754–1799
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.