# Ni Zan's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 8 works

A few works by Ni Zan, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## With their contemporaries

1. [Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/woods-and-valleys-of-mount-yu-met-45636), Ni Zan, dated 1372. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/woods-and-valleys-of-mount-yu-met-45636?hang=749)
2. [Simple Retreat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/simple-retreat-met-39550), Wang Meng, ca. 1370. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/simple-retreat-met-39550?hang=749)
3. [Sheep and shepherd-boy under a willow](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sheep-and-shepherd-boy-under-a-willow-si-fsg-f1909-244e), Li Song, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/sheep-and-shepherd-boy-under-a-willow-si-fsg-f1909-244e?hang=749)
4. [Wild geese descending to a sandbar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wild-geese-descending-to-a-sandbar-si-fsg-f1916-563), Jiang Shen, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/wild-geese-descending-to-a-sandbar-si-fsg-f1916-563?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries

5. [Dragon pine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-pine-met-45659), Wu Boli, late 14th–early 15th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/dragon-pine-met-45659?hang=749)
6. [Dragon among clouds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-among-clouds-si-fsg-f1911-519), Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/dragon-among-clouds-si-fsg-f1911-519?hang=749)
7. [The dragon king revering the Buddha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dragon-king-revering-the-buddha-si-fsg-f1916-604), Chen Hongshou, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/the-dragon-king-revering-the-buddha-si-fsg-f1916-604?hang=749)
8. [After the rain: fishing nets drying on the shore](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/after-the-rain-fishing-nets-drying-on-the-shore-si-fsg-f1911-306), Traditionally attributed to Li Tang, 1368-1644. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ni-zan/after-the-rain-fishing-nets-drying-on-the-shore-si-fsg-f1911-306?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/chinese-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (76 works)
- [14th-century China](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-china?hang=749&via=continue) (11 works)