Title: Silkies
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: before 1807
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Mori Sosen 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1747–1821
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 33 3/4 x 51 in. (85.7 x 129.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 72 5/8 x 60 1/16 in. (184.5 x 152.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 63 9/16 in. (161.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Chickens