Poet and Recluse Hanshan
Unknown Artist
1400s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
painting: 143.5 × 71.8 cm · overall with knobs: 280.5 × 90.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
Accession Number
1991.117
About this artwork
Hanshan, a Tang poet of vernacular verses, is often associated with Chan Buddhism and is considered a deity in disguise.