View of Xiao Xiang (c. 1478–1506): Art, History and Details

View of Xiao Xiang (c. 1478–1506) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506).

The work and its context

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

This scene illustrates the famous theme of Eight Views of the Xiao-Xiang River. This subject is also depicted in other paintings in our collection. This particular scene is known as "Returning Sail off Distant Shore."

Object facts

• Title: View of Xiao Xiang
• Date: c. 1478–1506
• Creator attribution: Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506)
• Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: album leaf; ink and light color on paper
• Dimensions: Image: 26.8 x 30.6 cm (10 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1997.113

Collection credit

Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963.
• Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
• Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 42 no. 07, September 2002

View the collection record

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