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Mori Sosen
Wild Boar amidst Autumn Flowers and Grassescirca 1800

Not on view
Japanese hanging scroll, ink and color on silk or paper, a wild boar resting among diagonal grass blades and small blue flowering plants, with a red seal and Japanese inscription at upper right
Detail of an ink painting on silk showing a vertical column of Japanese calligraphy in brushed characters above a red square seal stamp, with loose ink brushstrokes visible at lower edge.
Artist or Maker
Mori Sosen
Japan, 1747-1821
Title
Wild Boar amidst Autumn Flowers and Grasses
Date Made
circa 1800
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/8 x 26 7/8 in. (46.04 x 68.26 cm); Mount: 52 x 27 1/4 in. (132.08 x 69.22 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2009.20
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.