# Howling Wolf in a Deep Mountain Valley

- By: Yoshimura Hōryū (Japanese, 1874–1950)
- Date: 1912
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 188 x 61 cm (74 x 24 in.); Painting only: 118.7 x 41.9 cm (46 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Taishō period (1912–26)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.474)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1989.474/1989.474_web.jpg
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A wolf howls beneath the tall pines in a misty landscape. The painter was born in the bustling city of Osaka in the Kansai region. He studied with Mori Jihō (1818–1891) and admired the Maruyama school of painters. He was especially gifted at depicting deer, monkeys, tigers, weasels, and other animals.