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Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike, 1700s. hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper.
hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper · Overall: 157.5 x 28.6 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike
- Artist
- Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716–1783)
- Date
- 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 157.5 x 28.6 cm (62 x 11 1/4 in.); Painting only: 111.3 x 27.1 cm (43 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Sundry Purchase Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1716–1783
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.