Two Figures (most likely Ryo Douhin receiving the Taoist law from Shou Rikken)
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
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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.
Published References The painting has been published in the following catalogues: Rotondo-McCord, Lisa, ed. "An Enduring Vision: 17th-to 20th-Century Japanese Painting from the Gitter-Yelen Collection". New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002. Kobayashi, Tadashi. "Kaettekita edo kaiga: nyuorinzu gitta korekushonten (Returning home: Edo paintings from the Gitter-Yelen collection). Tokyo: NHK Puromoshon, 2010. 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
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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