Chinese Scholars

Kano Eisen'in Michinobu (Japanese, 1730–1790)

latter half of the 18th century

Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on silk

DimensionsImage: 174.2 x 366.6 cm (68 9/16 x 144 5/16 in.)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4436

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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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