Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute (late 1400s–early 1500s): Art, History and Details

Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute (late 1400s–early 1500s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Choryusai (Japanese).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Minghuang, a prominent emperor of Tang (618-906) China and his consort, Yang Gueifei, have inspired many legends, paintings, and poetry in later Chinese culture. Through the study of Chinese literature and the collecting of Chinese paintings, tales of their lives and romance became well-known in Muromachi Japan.

Object facts

• Title: Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
• Date: late 1400s–early 1500s
• Creator attribution: Choryusai (Japanese)
• Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 188 x 63.5 cm (74 x 25 in.); Painting only: 91 x 45.2 cm (35 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1987.36

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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