# Autumn in a Mountain Valley

- By: Fujimoto Tesseki (Japanese, 1816–1863)
- Date: 1862
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 138.5 x 64.2 cm (54 1/2 x 25 1/4 in.); Mounted: 192.2 x 70.7 cm (75 11/16 x 27 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kurt Gitter
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.112)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1983.112/1983.112_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Born in Okayama in western Japan, samurai Fujimoto Tesseki learned literati painting before abandoning his local government position to travel the country studying calligraphy, military science, painting, and poetry. He funded his training with sales of his calligraphies and paintings and later founded a school of Japanese studies and martial arts near Kyoto. Despite his skill with ink, Tesseki may be better remembered for his politics. Opposed to the military government of his era, he wanted a return to direct rule by the emperor, a cause for which he died in battle.