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Puppies in the Snow

1792–99
Not on view
Puppies frolic in the snow, their joyful exuberance amplified by the painter’s animated brushwork onthe dogs’ curved tails and wild fur. These paintings were originally created as four sliding door panels but are now hinged to form a pair of two-panel screens. The painting on the reverse of the panels, which depict seven puppies and bamboo (alluding to an ancient Chinese theme known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove), is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Following the style of his early teacher Maruyama Ōkyo, especially his naturalistic depiction of animals, birds, and fish, Rosetsu established a reputation as an unrestrained and imaginative painter.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 長澤蘆雪筆　雪中狗子図襖
  • Title: Puppies in the Snow
  • Artist: Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 (Japanese, 1754–1799)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1792–99
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Set of four sliding panels mounted as a pair of two-panel screens; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 66 7/16 × 72 1/16 in. (168.7 × 183 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 68 × 74 5/8 in. (172.7 × 189.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.300.203.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Sparrows in a Plum Tree, Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
Sparrows in a Plum Tree
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
second half of the 1790s
Two Women and a Puppy, Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
Two Women and a Puppy
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
1787–88
Carp, Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan
Carp
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
probably early 19th century
Rats on a Scholar’s Desk , Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan

Rats on a Scholar’s Desk

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
ca. 1794–95
Tenjin Traveling to China, Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Tenjin Traveling to China
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪
1787–88

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