Tanuki (Racoon Dog) Viewing Its Reflection in Water
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
late 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
49 3/8 x 19 1/2 in. (125.4 x 49.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.100.44
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Animals
About the Artist
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (Japanese) · 1831 –1889
Japanese, 1831–1889