八仙猿鶴図|Eight Daoist Immortals, Cranes, and Gibbons

Kano Tanshin (Morimasa) 狩野探信

late 17th–early 18th century

八仙猿鶴図|Eight Daoist Immortals, Cranes, and Gibbons by Kano Tanshin (Morimasa) 狩野探信

Medium

Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

14.76.23 Overall with knobs: 94 3/4 × 37 1/2 in. (240.7 × 95.3 cm) Image: 58 5/8 × 35 in. (148.9 × 88.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 94 3/4 × 35 in. (240.7 × 88.9 cm) 14.76.24, .25 Overall with knobs: 94 3/4 × 37 1/2 in. (240.7 × 95.3 cm) Image: 58 5/8 × 30 1/4 in. (148.9 × 76.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 94 3/4 × 35 in. (240.7 × 88.9 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914

Accession Number

14.76.23–.25

Tags

WaterfallsTrees

About the Artist

Kano Tanshin (Morimasa) 狩野探信 (Japanese) · 1653 1718

Japanese, 1653–1718

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