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Gibbons in a Landscape

Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Six-panel folding screen with a beige background. Three gibbons and a tree with bare branches on the right. A mountain range in the background. A gibbon on the left in a tree with a long tail, looking down. A tree with bare branches on the left. A thin black frame around the perimeter. A thin blue and gold patterned border on the inside edge.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1570
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 288 px
Public Domain
Yes
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