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The Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine17th century

Not on view
Six-panel folding screen painted in ink and color on gold leaf, depicting a bird's-eye panorama of figures, buildings, horses, and stylized green hills across a continuous landscape
Detail of a hanging scroll showing two Japanese characters in black brushwork on a gold-toned paper cartouche with scalloped edges, above layered silk brocade mounting in navy blue with gold patterning.
Detail of a Japanese woodblock print or painting, showing a gold cloud or mist shape against green with bamboo leaves; two Japanese characters in brushed black ink at center.
Detail of a Japanese painting on gold-toned paper, with two brushed Chinese or Japanese characters in black ink at center, and a partial view of a rocky or thatched form in the lower left corner.
Detail of a Japanese painting on gold ground, depicting a crowd of figures in patterned robes and armor surrounding a large orange-robed figure with wild dark hair at center; rendered in fine line work with opaque pigments.
Folding screen panel painting on gold ground, depicting a courtyard scene with two mounted riders on black and brown horses surrounded by attendants in white robes; spectators observe from a tiled veranda above, rendered in fine ink and mineral pigments with flat, layered forms.
Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
The Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
17th century
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573 - 1603)
Medium
One from a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 47 15/16 x 110 1/2 in. (121.7 x 280.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson
Accession Number
M.83.49.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Vilbar, Sinéad and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.