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Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga 琴棋書画図),
ca. 1700
Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信, 1636–1713
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2009-15 a-b
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Didactics
This pair of large hanging scroll depicts the theme of four accomplishments celebrated by the Chinese literati as elegant pastimes: playing the zither, playing chess, practicing calligraphy (sometimes replaced by reading or books in Japanese renditions, as books and calligraphy are written in the same character 書), and appreciating painting. This painting subject was known in Japan probably as early as the 14th century, and was very popular among Japanese artists including the Kanō school painters.
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Title
Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga 琴棋書画図)
Dates
ca. 1700
Maker
Medium
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Painting (a): 89 x 171 cm. (35 1/16 x 67 5/16 in.)
Mount (a): 224.8 x 190.5 cm. (88 1/2 x 75 in.)
Painting (b): 89 x 171 cm. (35 1/16 x 67 5/16 in.)
Mount (b): 224.8 x 190.5 cm. (88 1/2 x 75 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund, and gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg; Mimi Gardner Gates; Sinead Kehoe, Graduate Class of 2002; Cary Y. Liu, Class of 1978 and Graduate Class of 1997; Christian Murck, Graduate Class of 1978 and Alfreda Murck, Graduate Class of 1995; David Ake Sensabaugh, Graduate Class of 1990; Ann Yonemura, Graduate Class of 1973; Virginia Bower, Graduate Class of 1977; Dora C. Y. Ching, Graduate Class of 2011; Robert E. Harrist Jr., Graduate Class of 1989; Richard K. Kent, Graduate Class of 1995, in honor of Yoshiaki Shimizu, Graduate School Class of 1975
Object Number
2009-15 a-b
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Signatures
Signed on each scroll: 常信筆
“Tsunenobu hitsu”
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, “Tsunenobu hitsu” 常信筆, square relief, on each scroll under signature
Culture
Period
Materials
– Duke Date伊達family collection (Japan).
–2009 Yanagi Shigehiko gallery (Kyoto, Japan), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.
