Chinese Painting: The World of Ming-dynasty Court Painting
-
Landscape (detail), By Li Zai, Ming dynasty, 15th century (Important Cultural Property)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 8
April 2, 2019 (Tue) - May 12, 2019 (Sun)The Ming-dynasty Imperial Court Academy was established in the Xuande era (1426–35), Chenghua era (1465–87), and Hongzhi era (1488–1505). Li Zai, who was a landscape painter in the Xuande era, Lu Ji, who was a bird-and-flower painter in the Hongzhi era, and other members of the academy were painters that were also well-known in Japan. Their styles of painting owed much to their studies of the classic works of the Song dynasty. They reconstructed these classics in simpler ways on large canvases with a more daring and sumptuous use of brushwork and color. This exhibition introduces a history of Chinese court painting that conveys the splendor of the Ming dynasty.
Current exhibit includes:
Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons, By Lu Ji, Ming dynasty, 15th–16th century (Important Cultural Property)
Landscape, By Li Zai, Ming dynasty, 15th century (Important Cultural Property)
Solitary Angler on a Wintry River, By Zhu Duan, Ming dynasty, 16th century (Important Cultural Property)
Seeking Blossoms, By Shi Rui (mid–15th century), Ming dynasty, 15th century (Important Cultural Property, Private collection)