Title: “Sixth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1743
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ogata Kenzan 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1663–1743
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (15.9 x 23.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 43 1/4 x 19 in. (109.9 x 48.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 43 1/4 x 20 5/8 in. (109.9 x 52.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Poetry, term: Fire, term: Boats