Cleveland Museum of Art
The Four Accomplishments
Kano Shōei
- 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
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. Although the painter captures his companion's attention, his young servant is having a nap.
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