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Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute

late 1400s–early 1500s

Choryusai

(Japanese)

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Overall: 188 x 63.5 cm (74 x 25 in.); Painting only: 91 x 45.2 cm (35 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1987.36

Location

not on view

Description

Minghuang, a prominent emperor of Tang (618-906) China and his consort, Yang Gueifei, have inspired many legends, paintings, and poetry in later Chinese culture. Through the study of Chinese literature and the collecting of Chinese paintings, tales of their lives and romance became well-known in Muromachi Japan.

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/2/ 2011 - 8/21/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art"

The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.36