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蓮生法師図|Monk Renshō Riding His Horse Backwards
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蓮生法師図|Monk Renshō Riding His Horse Backwards

after 1782, ca. 1784

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

Image: 15 1/16 × 21 11/16 in. (38.3 × 55.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 48 11/16 × 22 7/16 in. (123.7 × 57 cm) Overall with knobs: 48 11/16 × 24 5/16 in. (123.7 × 61.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Matsumura Goshun

1752–1811Japan

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.