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Landscape after Ka Kei (Ch. Xia Gui, 夏珪; fl. ca. 1195–1230)

By Tenshō Shūbun

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Artist

attributed to Tenshō Shūbun

(天章周文; fl. 1414–before 1463)

Catalogue information

Muromachi period, first half of 15th century

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and light color on paper

Each screen 153.9 x 274.8 cm (60 5/8 in. x 9 ft. 1/8 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Tanaka Ichimatsu and Nakamura Tanio 1973, fig. 6

Tanaka Ichimatsu and Nakamura Tanio

1973

Sesshū, Sesson. Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 7. Tokyo: Kōdansha.

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Murase 1975, no. 32

Murase, Miyeko

1975

Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Takeda Tsuneo 1979, no. 31

Takeda Tsuneo

1979

Chūsei byōbu-e (Folding-screen paintings of medieval Japan). Exh. cat., Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin.

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Ford 1985, fig. 9

Ford, Barbara Brennan

1985

“Muromachi Ink Painting.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 114–19.

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Shimao Arata 1989, fig. 16 (detail)

Shimao Arata

1989

“Jūgo seiki ni okeru Chūgoku kaiga shumi” (The taste for Chinese painting in the fifteenth century). [Tokyo] Museum, no. 463 (October): 22–34.

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Yamashita Yūji 1993, p. 814, fig. 10

Yamashita Yūji

1993

“Kakei to Muromachi suibokuga” (Xia Gui and Muromachi ink painting). In Nihon bijutsushi no suimyaku (Currents in Japanese art history), edited by Tsuji Nobuo Sensei Kanreki Kinenkai. Tokyo: Perikansha.

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Murase 2000, no. 61

Murase, Miyeko

2000

Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 40.

Tsuji Nobuo et al.

2005

Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.

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