Floor plan

Time and place16th-century Japan

16th-century Japan

Screens (six-panel)
Figure Mooring a Boat, by Kannan, mid-1500s
Immortal Riding on a Carp, c. 1600
Birds and Flowers, by Kano Mitsunobu, late 1500s
A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in Japan in the 16th century.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Screens (six-panel)
    Monkeys and trees on a river bankSesson Shūkei, 1568-1615Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Figure Mooring a Boat, by Kannan, mid-1500s
    Figure Mooring a BoatKannan, mid-1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Immortal Riding on a Carp, c. 1600
    Immortal Riding on a CarpUnrecorded Japanese maker, c. 1600Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Birds and Flowers, by Kano Mitsunobu, late 1500s
    Birds and FlowersKano Mitsunobu, late 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and gold on silk.
    Nehan: Death of the BuddhaUnrecorded Japanese maker, late 17th/early 18th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, south wall

  1. Dragon and Tiger, by Sesson Shūkei, c. 1546–56
    Dragon and TigerSesson Shūkei, c. 1546–56Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Hanging scroll
    Peonies and lilies 芍薬と百合図Tawaraya Sotatsu, 1568-1615Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang, by Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1555–61
    Daoist Master Fei ZhangfangSesson Shūkei, ca. 1555–61Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art