Kite and two crows

A pair of crows huddle against a downpour of rain, suggested by diagonal bands of ink wash and downturned leaves. Farther up on the same branch, a kite (a type of bird of prey) appears unperturbed by the stormy weather. The pairing of a kite and crows appears with some frequency in paintings by Yosa Buson, as it does in a type of poetry known as haikai (the poetic form from which modern-day haiku evolved). Buson was a master of both mediums, and it is possible that the subject of his painting was drawn from a poem.

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同一展厅 · G221, 明尼阿波利斯美術館

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Crows in an Old Tree

Snow Landscape

Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Landscape with a Solitary Hut

Evening Landscape with Traveler

Pine Tree and Rock

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Crows in an Old Tree, 18th century

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], late 17th century

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

Votive plaque with painting of a sacred horse, 1695

Crows and Cryptomeria, late 16th century

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