Monkey

Maruyama Okyo

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Maruyama Okyo (Japanese, 1733–1795). Monkey, 1773. Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper, 72 x 20 3/8 in. (182.9 x 51.8 cm) Image: 37 x 15 3/4 in. (94 x 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Kenneth Rosenbaum, 83.191.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Monkey

Date

1773

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

72 x 20 3/8 in. (182.9 x 51.8 cm) Image: 37 x 15 3/4 in. (94 x 40 cm)

Signatures

Signed, sealed, and dated by the artist

Inscriptions

A Kyoka poem by Jounsha Shiteki (1718-1779), reading: いはさるや 見さるきかさる そのうちは なにもしらさる おもはさるなり/如雲舎紫笛

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Kenneth Rosenbaum

Accession Number

83.191.4

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