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

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

Kano Sanraku (Japanese, 1559–1635)
first half of the 17th century
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions159.1 x 357.6 cm (62 5/8 x 140 13/16 in.) (height x width)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4308
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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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