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Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks, c. 1802. Ink and light color on paper.
Ink and light color on paper · 48.9 × 35.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea Whisks
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849
- Date
- c. 1802
- Medium
- Ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.9 × 35.5 cm (19 5/16 × 14 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest from Everett D. Graff estate
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.