Anonymous Kano School (17th century)


Narrative ScenesFusuma panels now remounted as a large six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold leaf on paper; a unique combination of three narratives, the central section with a Chinese emperor mounted on horseback and accompanied by servants and numerous karako in festive costumes, the upper left featuring 'The Three Laughers of Tiger Valley' with Chinese pavilions in the distance, and the upper right with an unidentified Japanese scene depicting an interior with two Japanese ladies-in-waiting being courted by two Japanese nobles seated on a veranda, unsigned (repairs, incomplete).69 1/2 x 143 3/4in (176.5cm x 365.2cm) overall