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The Four Sages of Mount Shang

The Four Sages of Mount Shang

Shôsan shikô zu
商山四皓図

Formerly attributed to: Kano Masanobu (Japanese, 1434–1530)

Japanese

Edo period

17th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Dimensions 29.8 x 49.9 cm (11 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession Number11.4239

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 3

ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.