The Four Accomplishments
Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592)
1573–1615
- Medium
- One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 153 x 358.6 cm (60 1/4 x 141 3/16 in.); Mounted: 174 x 378.5 cm (68 1/2 x 149 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
About
This is one of a pair of screens showing a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man is considering his painting-in-progress. Historically, practicing or admiring painting was considered a skill essential for cultured men in China.
