Kano Shōei

This is one of a pair of screens showing a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man is considering his painting-in-progress. Historically, practicing or admiring painting was considered a skill essential for cultured men in China.

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

Year in Review: 1979

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Practice and Play in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-November 30, 2025).

Practice and Play in Japanese Art

A six-panel folding screen depicts a landscape stretching continuously across the panels in ink and pale washes against a tan background. On the left, two figures stand near a thatched building and craggy rocks. In the center, four figures gather around a table beneath a gnarled pine tree to examine a scroll. To the right, the composition opens into a vast, misty expanse of water and distant mountains rendered in soft gray and blue tones.

(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

The Four Accomplishments

琴棋書画図屏風

attributed to Kano Shōei 狩野松栄

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琴棋書画図屏風

attributed to Kano Shōei 狩野松栄

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