Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend

Matsumura Goshun

18th century

Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend by Matsumura Goshun

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Image: 39 3/8 × 11 11/16 in. (100 × 29.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 74 5/8 × 15 13/16 in. (189.5 × 40.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 74 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (189.5 × 44.5 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1971

Accession Number

1971.190

Tags

PoetryCats

About the Artist

Matsumura Goshun · 17521811

Born in Kyoto, 1752, the eldest son of a prominent family. He studied calligraphy, music, and painting from an early age. His painting studies were under Ōnishi Suigetsu.

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