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Landscape with the poets Tao Yuanming and Lin Hejing, one of a pair
Landscape with the poets Tao Yuanming and Lin Hejing, one of a pair

Landscape with the poets Tao Yuanming and Lin Hejing, one of a pair

Artist (Japanese, 1547 - 1618)
Place of OriginJapan
Dateapprox. 1593-1605
PeriodMomoyama period (1573-1615)
CultureJapanese
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 57 7/8 in x W. 140 15/16 in, H. 147 cm x W. 358 cm (image)
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60D73+
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
On view
Provenance Statement
This pair of screens was once in the Imperial Household Collection. They were left as a bequest from Dowager Empress Shoken (1849–1914) to Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875–1946) in 1914. Mr. Ishii Gunji owned the pair in 1954. (Fujikake Shizuya, "Unkoku Togan hitsu Toenmei Rinnasei-zu," Kokka 750 (September 1954): 266). Avery Brundage purchased the screens from Yamanaka and Co. in 1958.