# A branch of flowering hibiscus

- By: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)
- Date: 1667
- Medium: Ink and color on silk
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: H x W (image): 27 x 39 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)
- Culture: Japanese
- Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1892.29/)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/8628490d8a9ec6f3170e3a2449c80fad.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Kano Tan’yu, the leading artist of his day, headed a workshop in Edo and served as an official painter for the Tokugawa government and prominent warrior houses.