Title: Peony with Bird
Object type: Hanging scroll
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Gessen 
Artist bio: 1721–1809
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 41 9/16 x 14 1/4 in. (105.5 x 36.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Akiko Kobayashi Bowers, 1991
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Peonies