# Owl on a Pine Branch

- By: Soga Nichokuan (Japanese, active mid-17th century)
- Date: early 17th century
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Image: 45 3/16 x 20 3/16 in. (114.8 x 51.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 81 5/16 x 21 1/8 in. (206.5 x 53.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 22 13/16 in. (58 cm)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2012
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/77198)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP-12381-002.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)