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View of Xiao Xiang
Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506)
c. 1478–1506
- Medium
- album leaf; ink and light color on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.8 x 30.6 cm (10 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This scene illustrates the famous theme of Eight Views of the Xiao-Xiang River. This subject is also depicted in other paintings in our collection. This particular scene is known as "Returning Sail off Distant Shore."
