“Fourth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”, by Ogata Kenzan, 1743
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“Fourth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”

Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743)

1743

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 6 5/16 x 8 15/16 in. (16 x 22.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 43 1/4 x 19 in. (109.9 x 48.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 43 1/4 x 20 5/8 in. (109.9 x 52.4 cm)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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