The Four Sleepers

Kano Kyûen Kiyonobu (Japanese, 1627 – 1703)

latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink on silk

DimensionsImage: 31 x 48.1 cm (12 3/16 x 18 15/16 in.)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4231

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Asia

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

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about mid Kyoho era (1716–36)

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early Kyôhô era (1716–36)

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Torii Kiyonobu I

about Kyôhô era (1716–36)

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first half of the 18th century

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Kano Chikanobu

first half of the 18th century

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first half of the 19th century

The Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Kano Tôshun Yoshinobu

latter half of the 18th century

Warrior at Mure Takamatsu

Kano Tôshun Yoshinobu

latter half of the 18th century

Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller

Kano Gensen Masanobu

first half of the 18th century

Bamboo

Kano Gensen Masanobu

first half of the 18th century

Xiwangmu (Seiôbo), the Queen Mother of the West

Kano Norinobu

first half of the 18th century