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Squirrel Eating Chestnuts

Kawabata Gyokushō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting of a squirrel on a beige background. The squirrel faces right with its body angled down and to the right. The squirrel has a large eye and round ears. The squirrel holds a chestnut in both front paws. The tail extends back and up from the squirrel's body. The tail has long thin hairs. There are four lines of Asian characters on the bottom left. The top two lines are in black ink, the bottom two in red ink. There are three small tufts of grass drawn to the right of the squirrel. Two chestnuts are on the ground among the grass.

Artwork details

Date:
1887–92
Medium:
Album leaf; ink on silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
507 × 625 px
Museum record:
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