Title: Four sketches of birds and one design for a grotesque mask, mounted together
Object type: Painting
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: School of Katsushika Hokusai 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Mount: 8 5/16 x 9 7/8 in. (21.1 x 25.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Annette Young, in memory of her brother, Innis Young, 1956
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Masks