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The Four Sages of Mount Shang
The Four Sages of Mount Shang

The Four Sages of Mount Shang

Soga Shôhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781)
around 1768
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 154.5 x 361.4 cm (60 13/16 x 142 5/16 in.)
Mount: 170.2 x 377.2 cm (67 x 148 1/2 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4514
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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 MFA.
The Four Sages of Mount Shang
Soga Shôhaku
around 1768
Soga Shôhaku
18th–19th centuries
Landscapes with Pavilions
Soga Shôhaku
1760s
Soga Shôhaku
about 1770
Detail: Center two panels
Soga Nichokuan
18th - 19th centuries
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Soga Nichokuan
18th - 19th centuries
Hawk-Eagle in a Pine Tree
Soga Nichokuan
17th century
Eagle on a Rock
Soga Nichokuan
17th century
Transcendent Attacking a Whirlwind
Soga Shôhaku
about 1764
Customs of the Twelve Months
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Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras