Monkey Hanging from a Branch
Maruyama Ôkyo
1770
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- Dimensions
- 34 1/2 × 12 1/8 in. (87.63 × 30.8 cm) (image) 71 1/2 × 18 3/8 in. (181.61 × 46.67 cm) (mount)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
Maruyama Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school of art and based his works on direct observation of nature, giving them a distinct realism. Ōkyo’s keen eye is obvious in the firm grip of the monkey’s paws and the wrinkles around the monkey’s eyes, which gives an intensity to its gaze.
