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Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life (耕作図屏風)

Kanō Yasunobu · Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century

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Artist

Kanō Yasunobu
Japanese, 1613–1685

Date

Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink and light colors on paper

Size

Painting: 156 × 358 cm (61 7/16 × 141 in.); 170.4 × 372 cm (67 1/8 × 146 1/2 in.)

Place

Japan

Period

Edo period

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 53, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Harry and Harriet Bernbaum in memory of Keren-Or Bernbaum. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules