Title: Mirror of Genuine Work of Monk Hōitsu (Hōitsu shōnin shinseki kagami)
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1817
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ikeda Koson 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1803–1868
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (a): 10 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 5/16 in. (25.5 x 18.2 x 0.8 cm) 
Image (b): 10 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 5/16 in. (25.6 x 18.3 x 0.8 cm) 
Overall: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm) (open for both volumes)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Men