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Parody of the Four Accomplishments: Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting

(Japanese, 1726–1792)
first half of Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 128.4 x 54 cm (50 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4630
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
Woman Strolling by Iris
Katsukawa Shunshô
about late An'ei (1772–81) - early Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Shakkyô, the Lion Dance
Katsukawa Shunshô
around 1787–88 (Tenmei 7–8)
Parody of Eguchi no kimi
Katsukawa Shunshô
about 1785–86 (Tenmei 5–6)
Parody of Hanshan (Kanzan) and Shide (Jittoku)
Katsukawa Shunshô
1787–88 (Tenmei 7–8)
Four Women Making Dolls
Katsukawa Shunshô
first half of the Tenmei era (1781–89)
Three Women Arranging Flowers
Katsukawa Shunshô
first half of the Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Parody of Matsukaze and Murasame
Katsukawa Shunshô
about 1783–84 (Tenmei 3–4)
Enma, the Lord of the Realm of Death, and His Crystal Mirror
Katsukawa Shunshô
about 1785–86 (Tenmei 5–6)
Courtesan and Child Attendant Under a Cherry Tree
Katsukawa Shunchô
first half of Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Kô no Moronao Spying on Kaoyo gozen after her Bath
Katsukawa Shunchô
about the latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - first half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras
Courtesan and Child Attendant
Katsukawa Shungyô
Tenmei (1781 - 89) - Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras
Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide
Katsukawa Shungyô
Bunka (1804 - 18) - Bunsei (1818 - 30) eras