Six Immortals of Poetry: Fun'ya no Yasuhide

A hanging scroll shows a standing courtier in a layered robe of pale green and white with round motifs, wearing a dark cap with one hand raised near his face. He is set against a plain cream ground with faint horizontal bands above, painted in ink and color on paper.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Date

ca. 1806-1808

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1528 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art