Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley
Yoshimura Hōryū
1912
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 188 x 61 cm (74 x 24 in.); Painting only: 118.7 x 41.9 cm (46 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)
About
A wolf howls beneath the tall pines in a misty landscape. The painter was born in the bustling city of Osaka in the Kansai region. He studied with Mori Jihō (1818–1891) and admired the Maruyama school of painters. He was especially gifted at depicting deer, monkeys, tigers, weasels, and other animals.