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Collections

Kawanabe Kyōsai
Gibbon Stealing Sake and a Picnic Box from a Samurai Guard1880

Not on view
Vertical ink brush drawing on off-white paper, monkey hanging from a branch above a crouching open-mouthed figure, with Japanese inscriptions and red seals
Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Japan, 1831-1889
Title
Gibbon Stealing Sake and a Picnic Box from a Samurai Guard
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1880
Medium
Hanging scroll; preparatory sketch, ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 31 1/4 x 11 in. (79.4 x 27.9 cm); Mount: 48 x 13 in. (122 x 33 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.523
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art