# Kwannon

**Unknown artist**  
1615-1868  
Ink on paper  
W (overall): 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)

Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, F1907.539a-b. [The museum's record](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1907.539a-b/).

## About this work

An unrecorded Japanese artist painted this in 1615-1868. It is now at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **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: Painting
- Culture: Japanese
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Kakemono
- 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/1785.jpg?dl=1
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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

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/kwannon-si-fsg-f1907-539a-b).