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1820·Hanging scroll; ink on paper·Image: 6 1/8 × 12 in. (15.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 42 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (108.3 × 38.6 cm)

Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022

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Year: 1820
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/8 × 12 in. (15.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 42 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (108.3 × 38.6 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Rai San'yo

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Rai San'yō was a Japanese Confucianist philosopher, historian, artist and poet of the later Edo period. His true name was Rai Noboru.

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Artist: Rai San'yo
Year: 1820
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/8 × 12 in. (15.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 42 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (108.3 × 38.6 cm)
Watts ID: WW-1820-011647

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