Artist
Miyagawa Chōshun
(宮川長春; 1683–1753)
Catalogue information
Edo period
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
126.4 x 53.4 cm (49 3/4 x 21 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Frank E. Hart
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 262 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
by Chōshun
Queen Mother of the West Loves Peaches of Longevity; / Seven Sages Enter the Bamboo Grove. // Deep in the bamboo grove / the coolness invites contemplation.
Signature
Painted by the Yamato-e painter Miyagawa Chōshun
Seal
Illegible