
Sampling Tea beneath the Wu Trees
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Catalogue
- Year
- 1840
- Dimensions
- Image: 42 13/16 × 17 3/8 in. (108.8 × 44.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 13/16 × 18 5/16 in. (182.4 × 46.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 13/16 × 22 5/8 in. (182.4 × 57.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Chikutō Nakabayashi
Artist

Chikutō Nakabayashi was a Japanese painter and calligrapher of the Edo period, active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Working primarily in ink on paper, he engaged with literati painting traditions while maintaining a distinctive formal sensibility.
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1853 · Hanging scroll; ink on silk
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1843 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Landscape with Waterfall
1841 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Herons in the Snow
1830 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Waterfall in Summer Mountains
1821 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
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- Chikutō Nakabayashi
- Year
- 1840
- Dimensions
- Image: 42 13/16 × 17 3/8 in. (108.8 × 44.1 cm) Overall with mounting: 71 13/16 × 18 5/16 in. (182.4 × 46.5 cm) Overall with knobs: 71 13/16 × 22 5/8 in. (182.4 × 57.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1840-144951
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





