Sujet
Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua, mid- to late 1600s. Creator: Kusumi Morikage (Japanese, c. 1620-c. 1690).
Légende
Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua, mid- to late 1600s. One of a pair, this screen shows a section of the narrative of how the Chinese Emperor Yao (about 2356-2255 BC) selected his successor, Yu Chonghua (about 2294- 2184 BC), who would become Emperor Shun. The artist who painted this screen, Kusumi Morikage, trained with Kano Tan?yo (1602-1647), painter-in-residence to Japan?s shogun, the country?s ruler, and was one of his four top students. Despite the conservative subject matter, Morikage?s distinctive sensibility shines through in his playful treatment of the gray and white elephants in the far left panel of the composition. According to legend, Chonghua was so virtuous that in the spring, elephants bounded down from the mountains to help him till the soil with their tusks.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F80_005
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
360,8Mo (12,8Mo) / 145,7cm x 62,0cm / 17213 x 7326 (300dpi)