

The image depicts a painting titled "Cicada on a Grapevine" by Bokurin Guan. The painting features a brown background resembling aged paper, with a black cicada hanging from a long grapevine stem with thin, curved branches. The cicada is drawn upside down from a thin stem; its body resembles an upside-down teardrop with two bent legs on either side. The painting has a blue border with a repeating tan floral pattern and a repeating gold pattern along the top and bottom. The bottom-right corner contains two stamps with Asian characters, and several illegible black signatures are scattered across the painting. The background on either side of the painting is solid black, with a small gray and white scale on the left.
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 14th–early 15th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 468 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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