Cleveland Museum of Art
Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
Choryusai
- Date
- late 1400s–early 1500s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Minghuang, a prominent emperor of Tang (618-906) China and his consort, Yang Gueifei, have inspired many legends, paintings, and poetry in later Chinese culture. Through the study of Chinese literature and the collecting of Chinese paintings, tales of their lives and romance became well-known in Muromachi Japan.
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