Collection Online as of May 31, 2023

View of Xiao Xiang

c. 1478–1506

Kenkō Shōkei 賢江祥啓

(Japanese, active 1478–1506)

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)

Album leaf; ink and light color on paper

Image: 26.8 x 30.6 cm (10 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.113

Location

not on view

Description

This scene illustrates the famous theme of Eight Views of the Xiao-Xiang River. This subject is also depicted in other paintings in our collection. This particular scene is known as "Returning Sail off Distant Shore."

Inscriptions

Inscription

祥啓

Inscription Translation

Artist's seal: Shōkei

Provenance

by 1963–1997

Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1997–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 47, p. 104

Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966. Reproduced: p. 157, pl. 182; Mentioned: p. 350

Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 07, September 2002 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 2 archive.org

Exhibition history

Tea taste in Japanese art. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (1963).