Activities of the Twelve Months

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: Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828)
Date: late 1790s
Medium: Eleven hanging scrolls from a set of twelve; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image (each): 24 1/2 × 12 7/16 in. (62.2 × 31.6 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 56 5/16 × 17 in. (143 × 43.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 56 5/16 × 19 in. (143 × 48.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Oni Zazen Collection, 2017
Accession no.: 2017.283.1–.11

Paulownias and Chrysanthemums
Sakai Hōitsu
early 1800s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009500
Chrysanthemums by the Water
Sakai Hōitsu
1761–1828 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010357
Persimmon Tree
Sakai Hōitsu
1816 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014184
Blossoming Cherry Trees
Sakai Hōitsu
ca. 1805 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00014404