# 16th-century Japan

Time and place · hang 753 · 8 works

Works made in Japan in the 16th century.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Peonies and lilies 芍薬と百合図](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/peonies-and-lilies-si-fsg-f1898-56), Tawaraya Sotatsu, 1568-1615. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/peonies-and-lilies-si-fsg-f1898-56?hang=753)
2. [Nehan: Death of the Buddha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547), Unrecorded Japanese maker, late 17th/early 18th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/nehan-death-of-the-buddha-aic-80547?hang=753)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [Dragon and Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-and-tiger-cma-135592), Sesson Shūkei, c. 1546–56. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/dragon-and-tiger-cma-135592?hang=753)
4. [Monkeys and trees on a river bank](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/monkeys-and-trees-on-a-river-bank-si-fsg-f1903-218-219), Sesson Shūkei, 1568-1615. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/monkeys-and-trees-on-a-river-bank-si-fsg-f1903-218-219?hang=753)

## Section 2, south wall

5. [Immortal Riding on a Carp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/immortal-riding-on-a-carp-cma-156793), Unrecorded Japanese maker, c. 1600. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/immortal-riding-on-a-carp-cma-156793?hang=753)
6. [Birds and Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/birds-and-flowers-cma-125884), Kano Mitsunobu, late 1500s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/birds-and-flowers-cma-125884?hang=753)

## Section 2, north wall

7. [Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/daoist-master-fei-zhangfang-met-853194), Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1555–61. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/daoist-master-fei-zhangfang-met-853194?hang=753)
8. [Figure Mooring a Boat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/figure-mooring-a-boat-cma-90080), Kannan, mid-1500s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-japan/figure-mooring-a-boat-cma-90080?hang=753)

## Doors

- [Kannan's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-kannan?hang=753&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Japanese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/japanese-painting?hang=753&via=continue) (76 works)