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

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