The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, by Painting by Studio of Kano Takanobu, early 17th century
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The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Painting by Studio of Kano Takanobu

Inscriptions by Konoe Nobutada

early 17th century

Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image (each): 65 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 10 in. (165.4 × 360.7 cm) Overall (each): 72 in. × 12 ft. 2 1/2 in. (182.9 × 372.1 cm)
Culture
Japan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase, Mary and Cheney Cowles Gift, 2024
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art