# The Four Accomplishments

- By: Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592)
- Date: late 1500s–early 1600s
- Medium: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and slight color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 153 x 358.6 cm (60 1/4 x 141 3/16 in.); Mounted: 174 x 378.5 cm (68 1/2 x 149 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.46.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1979.46.2/1979.46.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is one of a pair of screens showing a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man is considering his painting-in-progress. Historically, practicing or admiring painting was considered a skill essential for cultured men in China.