# The 12th century

Time and place · hang 750 · 5 works

Works made in the 12th century, anywhere in the world.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Welcoming Descent of Jizō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/welcoming-descent-of-jizo-cma-151529), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1200s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/12/welcoming-descent-of-jizo-cma-151529?hang=750)
2. [Legends of the Yūzū Nembutsu Sect](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/legends-of-the-yuzu-nembutsu-sect-aic-56731), Unrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/12/legends-of-the-yuzu-nembutsu-sect-aic-56731?hang=750)
3. [Saints Cyprian, Vitus, Stephan, and Cornelius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saints-cyprian-vitus-stephan-and-cornelius-nga-47231), Unrecorded German maker, third quarter 12th century. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/12/saints-cyprian-vitus-stephan-and-cornelius-nga-47231?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Emperor Xuanzong's flight to Shu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/emperor-xuanzong-s-flight-to-shu-met-40055), Unrecorded Chinese maker, mid-12th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/12/emperor-xuanzong-s-flight-to-shu-met-40055?hang=750)
5. [Scholar viewing a waterfall](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/scholar-viewing-a-waterfall-met-40086), Ma Yuan, early 13th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/12/scholar-viewing-a-waterfall-met-40086?hang=750)

## Doors

- [Ma Yuan's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-ma-yuan?hang=750&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/chinese-painting?hang=750&via=continue) (76 works)