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The Daoist Immortal Liezi Flying on a Cloud

16th century
Not on view
Liezi (Japanese: Resshi) was a legendary Daoist sage who rejected all worldly ties and flew away with the wind. Here, he disappears from the eyes of onlookers into the darkened sky. Fan paintings were a common means by which Kano-school painters shared their knowledge of Chinese styles of the Song and Yuan dynasties. A faint seal links this to Kano Yukinobu, younger brother of the school’s second-generation leader, Motonobu (1477–1559).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 列子御風図扇面 (Resshi gyofū zu senmen)
  • Title: The Daoist Immortal Liezi Flying on a Cloud
  • Artist: Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 (Japanese, ca. 1513–1575)
  • Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
  • Date: 16th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Fan-shaped painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 20 5/8 in. (33.7 × 52.4 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 48 × 24 9/16 in. (121.9 × 62.4 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 48 × 26 1/2 in. (121.9 × 67.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
  • Object Number: 14.76.10
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Moon over an Autumn Moor, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Originally a fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and silver on gilded paper, Japan
Moon over an Autumn Moor
Attributed to Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信
16th century
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Saotome Ietada Japanese, Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, Japanese
Armor (Gusoku)
Armorer Helmet bowl signed Saotome Ietada
Armorer Breastplate inscribed inside, Myōchin Munesuke
16th and 18th centuries
Titmouse with Pomegranate Flowers, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Titmouse with Pomegranate Flowers
Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信
mid-16th century
Helmet (<i>Zukinnari Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, Japanese
Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto)
Japanese
16th century
Wisteria, Ogata Kōrin Japanese, Folding fan mounting as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan
Wisteria
Attributed to Ogata Kōrin
17th–18th century

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