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Crows in an Old Tree, Yosa Buson, 18th century
Yosa Buson 与謝 蕪村, portraitYosa Buson 与謝 蕪村Japon, 1716–1783

Crows in an Old Tree

18th century · Painting

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, États-Unis

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Seven raucous crows flit in and around an old tree at dusk, a scene all too common in autumn and winter. In Japanese poetry and painting, crows have long served as signs of the arrival of winter (the autumn season is suggested in this painting by the pink highlights on the tree’s leaves), and, by extension, death. One old folk belief is that a crow’s call may signal the death of someone nearby. Another says that a crow’s call at night is an omen of a fire. This can make them a somewhat gloomy motif. Here, though, Buson’s loose, energetic brushwork lends the scene a sense of liveliness.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Numéro d’inventaire
2015.79.128

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PeinturesEncrePeinture japonaiseBaroqueXVIIIe siècleJapon

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Autres œuvres : Yosa Buson 与謝 蕪村

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Kite and two crows, Yosa Buson, c. 1766–70

Kite and two crows

c. 1766–70 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike, Yosa Buson, 1700s

Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike

1700s · Cleveland Museum of Art

Snow Landscape, Yosa Buson, mid-1770s

Snow Landscape

mid-1770s · Cleveland Museum of Art

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn, Yosa Buson, 1781

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

1781 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Sea in Spring, Yosa Buson, 18th century

Sea in Spring

18th century · Non exposée · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Evening Landscape with Traveler, Yosa Buson, second half 18th century

Evening Landscape with Traveler

second half 18th century · Non exposée · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, Yosa Buson, second half 18th century

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

second half 18th century · Non exposée · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Landscape with a Solitary Hut, Yosa Buson, 1760s

Landscape with a Solitary Hut

1760s · Non exposée · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Dans la même salle · G221, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Kite and two crows, Yosa Buson, c. 1766–70

Yosa Buson 与謝 蕪村

Kite and two crows, c. 1766–70

Rider [center of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], Sumiyoshi Gukei, late 17th century

Sumiyoshi Gukei

Rider [center of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], late 17th century

Landscape [left of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], Sumiyoshi Gukei, late 17th century

Sumiyoshi Gukei

Landscape [left of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], late 17th century

Landscape [right of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], Sumiyoshi Gukei, late 17th century

Sumiyoshi Gukei

Landscape [right of a triptych of Three Scenes of Autumn Evening], late 17th century

Votive plaque with painting of a sacred horse, 1695

Votive plaque with painting of a sacred horse, 1695

Crows and Cryptomeria, late 16th century

Crows and Cryptomeria, late 16th century

Owl and Crested Mynas on a Plum Branch, 16th century

Owl and Crested Mynas on a Plum Branch, 16th century