Artist
circle of Kano Motonobu
(狩野元信; 1476–1559)
Catalogue information
Muromachi period
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
165.8 x 87.2 cm (65 1/4 x 34 3/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Hara Tomitarō, Kanagawa; Date Munemoto, Tokyo
Literature
“Ko Kano hitsu Hakuga dankin zu kai” 1937, p. 74
; 1937
“Ko Kano hitsu Hakuga dankin zu kai” (“Po-ya Playing the Koto,” attributed to Motonobu). Kokka, no. 556 (March): 74–78.
Takeuchi Shōji 1972, pls. 81, 82
; 1972
“Kyū Date-ke bon Hakuga dankin zu to Daisen’in Hōjō Ihatsu-kaku shōhekiga” (“Immortal Playing a Harp,” formerly owned by the Date family, and the screen paintings of the main hall of the Daisen’in Temple). Kobijutsu, no. 39 (December): 87–88.
Murase 1975, no. 43
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shimizu and Wheelwright 1976, no. 28
; 1976
[Editors]. Japanese Ink Paintings from American Collections: The Muromachi Period; An Exhibition in Honor of Shūjirō Shimada. Exh. cat. Princeton: The Art Museum, Princeton University.
Shimada Shūjirō 1979, no. 98
; 1979
[Editor]. Suibokuga (Ink painting). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 3. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.
Ford 1985, fig. 10
; Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 26
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 47
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Tsuji Nobuo 1994, fig. 104
; 1994
Sengoku jidai Kano ha no kenkyū: Kano Motonobu o chūshin to shite (Study on the early Kano School: Primarily on Motonobu and his family of painters). Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan.
Kyoto National Museum 1996, fig. 16
; 1996
Muromachi jidai no Kano ha: Gadan seiha e no michi (The Kano School in the Muromachi period: On the road to artistic predominance). Exh. cat. Kyoto: Kyoto National Museum.
Murase 2000, no. 71
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tokyo National Museum 2003, p. 11, fig. 6
; 2003
Kokuhō Daitokujī Jukoīn no fusumae (National treasure, screen paintings from Daitokujī Jukoīn). Exh. cat. Tokyo: NHK, NHK Puromōshon, and Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 46.
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.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Muromachi period
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 130 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.