# Genre Figures

- By: Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760–1814)
- Date: c. 1816
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 125.4 x 49.6 cm (49 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.72.1)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1987.72.1/1987.72.1_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Though rarely mentioned in official histories, Sōchō was an accomplished painter whose talent is readily apparent to the modern eye. For his compositions he chose traditional Japanese stories or everyday events. This scroll is part of a triptych of paintings converted from the folding screen format into the hanging scroll format.