The Burke Collection
Yōrō Waterfall (養老の滝)
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Artist

Uragami Shunkin

(浦上春琴; 1779–1846)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 1824

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

129.2 x 41.2 cm (50 7/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

D351-1
D351-1
D351-2

Signature

Painted by Shunkin at the Senzairō at the Yōrō Falls in the leap month, autumn, 1824

Seals

Kisen; Shunkin

Text

Dark sheer cliffs in the grip of misty clouds; / fragrant yellow chrysanthemums under the / late autumn sky. / I heard that waterfalls could nourish a man in old age. / It makes me long for it for a thousand years.

Signature

Inscribed again by Shunkin Kisen

Seals

Kisen no in; Shunkin Koji