Title: Owl on a Pine Branch
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Soga Nichokuan 
Artist bio: Japanese, active mid-17th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 45 3/16 x 20 3/16 in. (114.8 x 51.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 81 5/16 x 21 1/8 in. (206.5 x 53.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 22 13/16 in. (58 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2012
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Owls, term: Moon