Title: Chinese Lion
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Yokoya Sōmin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1669–1733
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 27 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (68.9 x 20.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 60 1/2 x 12 15/16 in. (153.7 x 32.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 60 1/2 x 14 13/16 in. (153.7 x 37.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Lions