# Poet and Recluse Hanshan

- Date: 1400s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 143.5 x 71.8 cm (56 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 280.5 x 90.5 cm (110 7/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
- Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Credit line: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.117)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1991.117/1991.117_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Hanshan, a Tang poet of vernacular verses, is often associated with Chan Buddhism and is considered a deity in disguise.