Cleveland Museum of Art
The Four Accomplishments
Kano ShōeiLinkedCulture matchlcp-ab0720d6a332
- Date
- late 1500s–early 1600s
- Medium
- One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and slight color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 149653
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This is one of a pair of screens that shows a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man looks on as two of his companions play a board game. Nearby is a table set with a selection of books and a qin , a type of stringed instrument, still wrapped in its cloth case, waiting to be played. The mood is one of enjoyment balanced with formality. Historically, playing the qin or qi (a game similar to chess called go in Japan), and practicing or admiring calligraphy were considered three skills essential for cultured men in China. One of the servants is diverted by the motion of a fish in the water.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1979: (Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1979–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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