A Breezy Day

Isoda Koryūsai

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The long hashira-e format is especially appropriate for prints about classical poetry for it recalls the shape of tanzaku, the slips of paper upon which poems were written. Koryūsai's print plays upon a poem by Bunya Yasuhide (act. 858–888): In its wake wither the autumn grasses and trees truly the wind on the mountain is to be deemed a vandal storm.

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