Autumn in a Mountain Valley (1862): Art, History and Details

Autumn in a Mountain Valley (1862) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Fujimoto Tesseki (Japanese, 1816–1863).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Born in Okayama in western Japan, samurai Fujimoto Tesseki learned literati painting before abandoning his local government position to travel the country studying calligraphy, military science, painting, and poetry. He funded his training with sales of his calligraphies and paintings and later founded a school of Japanese studies and martial arts near Kyoto. Despite his skill with ink, Tesseki may be better remembered for his politics. Opposed to the military government of his era, he wanted a return to direct rule by the emperor, a cause for which he died in battle.

Object facts

• Title: Autumn in a Mountain Valley
• Date: 1862
• Creator attribution: Fujimoto Tesseki (Japanese, 1816–1863)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
• Dimensions: Painting: 138.5 x 64.2 cm (54 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.); Mounted: 192.2 x 70.7 cm (75 11/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1983.112

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kurt Gitter

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