Chinese Literatus Traveling to a Mountain Temple

late 1500s

Kano Hidemasa 狩野 秀政

(Japanese, active late 1500s)
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This painting bears the seal of Kano Hidemasa, believed to be the son of Kano Hideyori (active mid- to late 1500s) of the important and prolific Kano family of painters. It features a traveler and his servant in a Chinese setting. The two are on their way to a temple up the stairs, climbing the steep slope of the mountain ahead of them. The traveler, who wears clerical garb, has paused to admire and listen to the sound of a nearby waterfall. The painting is a charming interpretation of a scene that might be found in Song dynasty album leaves imported to Japan.
Chinese Literatus Traveling to a Mountain Temple

Chinese Literatus Traveling to a Mountain Temple

late 1500s

Kano Hidemasa

(Japanese, active late 1500s)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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