id:			153728
accession number:	1987.36
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.36
updated:		2023-04-22 12:24:32.076000

Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute, late 1400s–early 1500s. Choryusai (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 188 x 63.5 cm (74 x 25 in.); painting only: 91 x 45.2 cm (35 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.36

title:				Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
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creation date:			late 1400s–early 1500s
creation date earliest:		1460
creation date latest:		1540
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Choryusai (Japanese)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 188 x 63.5 cm (74 x 25 in.); Painting only: 91 x 45.2 cm (35 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/2/ 2011 - 8/21/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art"

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PROVENANCE

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Minghuang, a prominent emperor of Tang (618-906) China and his consort, Yang Gueifei, have inspired many legends, paintings, and poetry in later Chinese culture. Through the study of Chinese literature and the collecting of Chinese paintings, tales of their lives and romance became well-known in Muromachi Japan.
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