Japan: 'Two Women and a Puppy'. Hanging scroll painting by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799), c. 1780, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Japan: 'Two Women and a Puppy'. Hanging scroll painting by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799), c. 1780.

Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) was a Japanese painter of the Maruyama School, from a family of low-ranking samurai. He studied under famed artist Maruyama Okyo in Kyoto, until they had a falling out. He incorporated aspects of Western realism into his work.

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Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)

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