Brewing Tea in a Snow-Covered Hut
1791
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 52 15/16 in. × 11 in. (134.5 × 27.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 81 7/8 × 16 3/16 in. (208 × 41.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 81 7/8 × 18 9/16 in. (208 × 47.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.268.113
Tags
Art Historical Context
Tani Bunchō's *Brewing Tea in a-Covered Hut* (1) captures a serene moment of everyday ritual amid nature's stark beauty. This hanging scroll, rendered in ink and color on paper, depicts tending a tea brew inside a humble hut blanketed by snow, with majestic mountains looming in the background. Created during Japan's Edo period (16151868), a time of relative peace and cultural flourishing, the work reflects the era's fascination with transient pleasures and harmonious coexistence with the environment. As a master of literati painting, Bunchō skillfully blends delicate ink washes and subtle col...