Title: Rats on a Scholar’s Desk
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1794–95
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1754–1799
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 50 3/16 × 16 1/4 in. (127.5 × 41.3 cm)
Overall with mounting: 80 3/8 × 22 15/16 in. (204.2 × 58.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 80 3/8 × 25 3/16 in. (204.2 × 64 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Rats, term: Desks