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This is a masterwork of the monk-painter Kenkō Shōkei, active in Kamakura during the civil wars of the sixteenth century. According to the inscription by Kamakura Gozan Zen priest Gyokuin Eiyo, the title comes from a poem on the Chinese mountain Mt. Tai by poet Du Fu. Perhaps the soaring peaks in the foreground represent Mt. Tai.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026