Title: The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1635–45
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kano Tan'yū 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1602–1674
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 40 x 9 1/2 in. (101.6 x 24.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 70 1/2 x 10 in. (179.1 x 25.4 cm)
Overall with rollers: W. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation Fund, 2006
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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