Soga Shōhaku
Two Figures (most likely Ryo Douhin receiving the Taoist law from Shou Rikken)

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Artist Soga Shōhaku(Japanese, 1730–1781)Japanese, 1730–1781

CultureJapanese

Titles

Two Figures (most likely Ryo Douhin receiving the Taoist law from Shou Rikken)

Date1770s

MediumTwo sliding panels (fusuma) mounted as folding screen (byobu); ink on paper

Dimensions74 7/16 × 75 3/4 in. (189 × 192.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Gitter-Yelen Collection, gift of the Gitter-Yelen Foundation

Object number2015.95

Not on view

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceTessaido Co., LTD. Kyoto, Japan; Dr. Kurt Gitter, New Orleans, La., 2001; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015
Exhibition HistoryJapan Society, New York, 2002

New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, 2002.

Seattle Art Museum, 2002.

Museum of Kyoto, Japan, 2010. [four other Japanese museums as well]

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2014.

“Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Painted Screens from the Gitter-Yelen Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 1–May 10, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, signed on the upper right edge of right panel: Soga Shohaku

Recto, 2 artist's seals in red ink, on the upper right edge of right panel
Recto, artist's seal in red ink, on the lower left edge of the left panel
Verso, label: Manyoan Collection / Shohaku Soga / Kanzan and Shoki ? / 2001.11 screen

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