Squirrels Gathering Chestnuts

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white painting of squirrels and chestnuts on a beige background. The painting is oriented vertically. Two squirrels hang on a branch on the left. The branch curves and extends across to the top right corner. The branch supports several spiky chestnuts. In the bottom right, one squirrel crouches on the ground. The foreground and background have sparse grass. The background behind the crouching squirrel shows small hills. A small stone sits on the ground before the crouching squirrel. There is a red square stamp with Kanji writing in the top left. There is black Kanji writing to the left of the red stamp. The painting has a thin gold border around the edges.