Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

The Chinese sennin Ch'en Nan (Japanese "Chinnan") by Nishimura Shigenaga — VisualArtsDB

The Chinese sennin Ch'en Nan (Japanese "Chinnan")

The Chinese sennin Ch'en Nan (Japanese "Chinnan")

Nishimura Shigenaga

1712–1732

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (Urushi-e)
Dimensions: Overall: 11 3/4 x 6in. (29.8 x 15.2cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Styles

Tags

men

More by Nishimura Shigenaga

The Portrait of Actors at the Ogura Cottage

The Portrait of Actors at the Ogura Cottage

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1697

Sleeping Young Woman with Mt. Fuji Above

Sleeping Young Woman with Mt. Fuji Above

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1740

Bamboo and Tiger

Bamboo and Tiger

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1720

Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu), No. 6 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu), No. 6 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1711

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 3 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 3 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1711

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1754

Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon

Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1740

The Actors Otani Ryuzaemon II as Kajiwara Genta and Arashi Tominosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Tamagushi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1747

The Actors Otani Ryuzaemon II as Kajiwara Genta and Arashi Tominosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Tamagushi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1747

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1747

Woman Holding Kimono with Mt. Fuji above

Woman Holding Kimono with Mt. Fuji above

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1740

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama no aki no tsuki), No. 8 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama (Ishiyama no aki no tsuki), No. 8 from the series "Eight Views of Omi"

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1711

Landscape with Heron and Boat

Landscape with Heron and Boat

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1697

Eagle and Monkey

Eagle and Monkey

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1720