Monkeys Reaching for the Moon
1600s
Kano Tan’yū
Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674)
Japanese Art
Monkeys Reaching for the Moon, 1600s. Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; painting: 170 x 33.9 cm (66 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.); overall with knobs: 234 x 40.1 cm (92 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.478
- Maker/Artist
- Kanō Tan'yū
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 170 x 33.9 cm (66 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 234 x 40.1 cm (92 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed: "Tan'yūsai hitsu"
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2015.478
- Credit Line
- Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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