The Four Sages of Mount Shang

Kano Masanobu (Japanese, 1434–1530)

17th century

Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Dimensions29.8 x 49.9 cm (11 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.) (height x width)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4239

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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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Three Sages

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The Daoist Wang Chuping and His Sheep

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Zhong Kui (Shôki), the Demon Queller

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Bamboo

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first half of the 18th century

Landscape

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19th century

Hanshan (Kanzan) and Shide (Jittoku)

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first half of the 19th century

The Three Vinegar Tasters

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Pigeon on Plum Tree

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mid-17th century

Feng Gan (Bukan) and Tiger

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16th–17th centuries

Landscape

Kano Motonobu

mid-16th century

Li Bai Viewing Waterfall

Kano Takanobu

first half of the 18th century

Monju, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, in the Guise of a Youth

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17th century