Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley (1912): Art, History and Details

Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley (1912) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Yoshimura Hōryū (Japanese, 1874–1950).

The work and its context

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

A wolf howls beneath the tall pines in a misty landscape. The painter was born in the bustling city of Osaka in the Kansai region. He studied with Mori Jihō (1818–1891) and admired the Maruyama school of painters. He was especially gifted at depicting deer, monkeys, tigers, weasels, and other animals.

Object facts

• Title: Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley
• Date: 1912
• Creator attribution: Yoshimura Hōryū (Japanese, 1874–1950)
• Culture: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
• Dimensions: Overall: 188 x 61 cm (74 x 24 in.); Painting only: 118.7 x 41.9 cm (46 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1989.474

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.

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