The Four Accomplishments, 琴棋書画図屏風, Muromachi period (1392–1573), mid-16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink

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The Four Accomplishments, 琴棋書画図屏風, Muromachi period (1392–1573), mid-16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper, Image (each screen): 67 x 150 in. ( x 381 cm), Screens, Kano Motonobu (Japan, ca. 1476–1559), Within a dramatic landscape of towering pines, distant peaks, and roaring waterfalls, are four scenes of human activity, each of which alludes to one of the four pursuits appropriate for a Chinese gentleman: music, the board game Go, calligraphy, and painting

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Size: 7012px × 3246px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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