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This portrait of the poet Matsuo Bashō is constructed with seemingly effortless caligraphic lines, and surrounded by lines from one of the poet's works. The figure sits looking out at the viewer, beside his hat and a square container with a handle. The artist's seal is placed to the left of the figure, visually recalling the objects beside the poet on his other side. 
Yokoi Kinkoku (Japanese (culture or style))
Portrait of the Poet 'Basho'
1767 – 1832
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1968/2.22
Watercolor drawing of a hilly landscape with travelers in the left foreground, grazing animals in the middle ground, and a tower in the right background.
William Payne (British (modern))
Landscape with Tower and Distant Lake
1776 – 1830
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2012/2.215
The &quot;painting&nbsp;richly&nbsp;evokes&nbsp;a&nbsp;darkly&nbsp;overcast&nbsp;day&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;rider wearing&nbsp;a&nbsp;straw&nbsp;raincoat&nbsp;accompanied&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;man&nbsp;on&nbsp;foot carrying&nbsp;luggage.&nbsp;The&nbsp;horse&nbsp;seems&nbsp;delighted&nbsp;as&nbsp;its&nbsp;hooves sink &nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;thick&nbsp;snow&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;path.&nbsp;Large&nbsp;daubs&nbsp;of&nbsp;white&nbsp;pigment&nbsp;are&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;represent&nbsp;the&nbsp;falling&nbsp;snow&nbsp;called&nbsp;<em>botan</em><em> </em><em>yuki&quot;</em><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-ecb68b88-7fff-cddd-9168-660eb3400d03">Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. <em>Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Landscape and Figure Painting: a Loan Exhibition from the University of Michigan Museum of Art.</em> Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.</b><br />
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Ki Baitei
Winter Rider
1733 – 1832
Museum Purchase
1973/2.76
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