Landscape

Kushiro Unsen

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unzen, a Nanga artist, trained in Nagasaki with Chinese painters who were passing through the port city. Known as an eccentric and solitary figure, he traveled widely in pursuit of artistic influences and was purportedly fond of drink. In this sketchy autumn landscape, a single figure boats up a river overlooked by half-hidden mountain cottages.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art