Description
Landscapes count among the oldest of Yōtoku-in’s extant sliding door paintings. According to temple records, Sōkei, a painter-in-attendance to the bakufu, executed four panels (Wild Geese and Reeds) in the mode of Muqi and six paper sliding doors in the mode of Xia Gui. The four panels on display are thought come from the set in the Xia Gui mode.
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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