Silkies

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Mori Sosen (Japanese, 1747–1821)
Date: before 1807
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)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession no.: 2019.419.3

Monkey Hanging on to a Branch
Mori Sosen
1780 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010491
Monkeys
Mori Sosen
early 1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010498
Monkeys on a Rock Ledge
Mori Sosen
c. 1800–1821 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010532
Monkeys in a Cherry Tree
Mori Sosen
c. 1800–1821 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010565