Two Entertainers Strolling on the New Year

A hanging scroll shows a standing man in a dark hat and grey-green robe holding a folded paper, with a smaller figure in a rust-brown robe clinging to his back. A dog trots at their feet beside bamboo and a rocky ledge at right, rendered in ink and muted color on pale paper.

Artist

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Date

ca. 1798-1801

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

873 × 1868 px

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