Travels through Mountains and Fields 1755 - 1775

Yosa Buson's "Travels through Mountains and Fields" (1755-1775) is a six-panel screen depicting a serene, misty mountain landscape. The artist, a renowned poet and painter, captured the essence of the Japanese landscape through a minimalist and elegant style, blending ink and light washes of color to create a sense of tranquility and vastness. This masterful work is a fine example of the *suki* aesthetic, which emphasizes the beauty of simplicity and nature, and reflects the influence of traditional Chinese landscape painting on Japanese art. The screen, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a testament to Buson's enduring legacy as a key figure in the development of *Nanga*, a style of painting that brought new expression to Japanese art.