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The Chinese sennin Ch'en Nan (Japanese "Chinnan")

Nishimura Shigenaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man with a long black beard and hair sits on a rock. He wears a dark robe with red trim and a yellow sash. The man's right hand holds a bowl above his head from which smoke emerges. The left hand rests on his knee. The man has a partially open mouth and stubble on his face. The background shows diagonal black lines, a tree with pink flowers to the right, and black Japanese text on the left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1722
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (Urushi-e)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
324 × 624 px
Museum record:
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