Title: Reading a Sutra by Moonlight
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 17th century, after 1661
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Jifei Ruyi (Sokuhi Nyoitsu) 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1616–1671
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 13/16 x 23 7/8 in. (27.5 x 60.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 44 1/4 × 24 5/8 in. (112.4 × 62.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 44 1/4 × 26 3/4 in. (112.4 × 68 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: Men, term: Reading