# Kongōyasha Myōō

**Unknown artist**  
12th century  
Hanging scroll; ink on paper  
Image: 28 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (72.1 x 54 cm) Overall with mounting: 65 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (166.7 x 67.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 65 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. (166.7 x 72.7 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.268.12. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45620).

## About this work

An unrecorded Japan artist painted this in 12th century. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Hanging scroll.** A painting mounted on silk with a wooden roller at the foot. It was rolled up for storage and brought out to hang for a season, a guest or an occasion.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Culture: Japan
- Real size: about 66 × 29 in (167 × 73 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 11th century
- Subjects: Bow and Arrow, Swords, Kings, Buddhism
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/919.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/919/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kongoyasha-myoo-met-45620).