Kantei (鑑貞; fl. second half of 15th century)

Two Views from Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers (瀟湘八景)

By Kantei

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ARTIST

Kantei

(鑑貞; fl. second half of 15th century)

CATALOGUE INFORMATION

Muromachi period

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on paper

Scroll i (left): 47.6 x 30.1 cm (18 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
Scroll ii (right): 46 x 30.1 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Ex Coll.: Kusaba Akira, Tokyo; Hachisuka Yoshiaki, Tokyo

LITERATURE

“Kantei hitsu Sansui zu” 1898, pp. 167, 169

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Hasumi Shigeyasu 1935

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Matsushita Takaaki 1960, no. 35

;

Muraki Chii 1960, fig. 4

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Matsushita Takaaki 1967, fig. 121

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Shimada Shūjirō 1969, vol. 1, p. 121

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Stanley-Baker 1974, fig. 17

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Murase 1975, no. 34

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Shimizu and Wheelwright 1976, no. 15

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Shimada Shūjirō 1979, no. 63

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Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 16

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Avitabile 1990, no. 39

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Murase 2000, no. 64

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 42.

SEE ALSO

• Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
• Hanging scrolls
• Works of the Muromachi period

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 107 in Volume I ofArt through a Lifetime.