Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike — Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783) | DiscoverArt

Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike

1700s

hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

SEE IT IN PERSON

● On view now — 235A Japanese

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026

View at clevelandart.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The Tale of the Heike is a great historical romance written around 1240.

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Yosa Buson

Artwork

与謝蕪村筆　浅絳山水図|Landscape in Light Colors

与謝蕪村筆　浅絳山水図|Landscape in Light Colors

与謝蕪村筆山野行旅図屏風|Travels through Mountains and Fields

与謝蕪村筆山野行旅図屏風|Travels through Mountains and Fields

Snow Landscape

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

与謝蕪村筆　柳緑桃紅図|Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

与謝蕪村筆　柳緑桃紅図|Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Landscape in 'Mi' Style

Landscape in 'Mi' Style

Artwork

More like this

Artwork

Unidentified artist

Artwork

四季の花|Poetry, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro — 四季の花|Poetry, from the illustrated book Fl

Artwork

Unidentified artist

Artwork

Kitagawa Utamaro

Album of Calligraphy and Paintings

Bian Shoumin (Chinese, 1684–1752) — Album of Calligraphy and

Artwork

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Artwork

Reflections of Priest Foyen

Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481) — Reflections of Priest Fo

蜀山人(大田南畝)筆筍図|Bamboo Shoots

Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) — 蜀山人(大田南畝)筆筍図|Bamboo Shoots

Artwork

Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows

Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481) — Calligraphy with Willow