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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: 149654

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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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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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