Emperor Xuanzong Bringing Forth the Drum to Cause the Flowers to Bloom

羯鼓催花図屏風

Formerly attributed to: Kano Sanraku (Japanese, 1559–1635)

Japanese

Edo period

first half of the 17th century

Medium/Technique One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions 159.1 x 357.6 cm (62 5/8 x 140 13/16 in.) (height x width)

Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession Number11.4308

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 7, pg. 129: no. 76 (1)

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.