Accession Number1973/2.76
TitleWinter Rider
Artist(s)Ki BaiteiObject Creation Datemid 18th century - early 19th centuryMedium & Supporthanging scroll, ink and color on paperDimensions 52 1/8 in x 22 1/2 in (132.4 cm x 57.1 cm);2 3/4 in x 27 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in (7 cm x 69.5 cm x 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum PurchaseSubject matterWinter Rider employs a scheme that occurs again and again in Baitei's oeuvre: a horseman crossing a bridge in the mountains behind several foreground trees. Baitei appears to associate this theme with the late autumn or winter as seen in various surviving versions.
Physical DescriptionThe "painting richly evokes a darkly overcast day with a rider wearing a straw raincoat accompanied by a man on foot carrying luggage. The horse seems delighted as its hooves sink into the thick snow on the path. Large daubs of white pigment are used to represent the falling snow called
botan yuki"
Adams, Celeste, and Paul Berry. Heart, Mountains, and Human Ways: Japanese Landscape and Figure Painting: a Loan Exhibition from the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.
Primary Object Classification Painting Primary Object Typehanging scrollCollection AreaAsianRightsIf you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit
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Keywords
Japan
hanging scroll
horses
houses
snow
trails
travelers
trees
water
winter