# Owl

**Tsuda Bensaku** (Japanese, active 1620s–40s)  
1630s  
hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper  
Painting only: 81 x 52.5 cm (31 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.); Including mounting: 170.2 x 59.7 cm (67 x 23 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988.35. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.35).

## About this work

Tsuda Bensaku painted this in the 1630s. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### 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.

### [Tsuda Bensaku](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/tsuda-bensaku)

Japanese, active 1620s–40s

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Real size: about 32 × 21 in (81 × 53 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 17th century
- 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/741.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/741/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 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/owl-cma-154217).