# A Couple

- By: Hasegawa Sōen (Japanese)
- Date: late 1500s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 102.3 x 47.6 cm (40 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.); Overall: 189.2 x 68 cm (74 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.133)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1985.133/1985.133_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The person on the right holds a spray of chrysanthemums, while the other has daffodils suspended upside down from a stalk held over their shoulder.

