Kusumi Morikage

Japanese · 1620–1690

He came from Kaga Province, the centre of the lands of the Maeda clan.

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A Samurai on Horseback

Kusumi Morikage · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Who Kusumi Morikage was

Kusumi Morikage was a Japanese painter of the Edo period. He came from Kaga Province, the centre of the lands of the Maeda clan. He fell afoul of his teacher, Kanō Tan'yū, and became the Maeda clan's official painter. His sympathy for farmers and the poor people of the Edo period is reflected in his works.

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