Chinese Poem to Celebrate a Senior Monk’s Sixtieth Birthday

Duzhan Xingying (Japanese: Dokutan Shōkei), late 17th–early 18th century

Artist

Duzhan Xingying (Japanese: Dokutan Shōkei) (Chinese, 1628–1706)

Date

late 17th–early 18th century

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Size

Image: 50 9/16 × 16 in. (128.5 × 40.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 87 3/8 × 21 3/4 in. (222 × 55.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 87 3/8 × 23 7/8 in. (221.9 × 60.6 cm)

Type

Calligraphy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed