Daoist Sage and Hawk, by Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century
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Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan (Japanese, active mid-17th century)

mid-17th century

Medium
Pair of fan-shaped paintings mounted on two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
73 1/2 x 67 3/4 in. (186.7 x 172.1 cm)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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