The Return to Court of the Four Graybeards of Mount Shang (left); Su Shi’s Visit to the Wind and Water Cave (right, 商山四皓・蘇東坡風水洞

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The Return to Court of the Four Graybeards of Mount Shang (left); Su Shi’s Visit to the Wind and Water Cave (right, 商山四皓・蘇東坡風水洞, Momoyama period (1573–1615), late 16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, Image (each screen): 68 3/4 in. x 12 ft. 4 7/8 in. ( x cm), Screens, In the Style of Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, ca. 1561–1608), The subject of the right screen is the future Emperor Hui (reigned 194–188 ) of the Han dynasty. Although the crown prince, his rightful ascendance to the throne was threatened by his father’s desire to install a son from a favored concubine

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