狩野派　伯牙鍾子期図

Kāno, Motonobu (1476-1559) (follower or school of)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
1530s
Height:
165.2 cm  (65 1/16 in.)
Width:
87.0 cm  (34 1/4 in.)
with mounting: 271.5 x 103.7 cm
Technique / Medium:
ink and color on paper
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

Additional titles

Bo Ya plays the qin as Zhong Ziqi listens

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 2015.300.67]

Description

Painting on a hanging scroll of the Muromachi period. The Liezi, a fourth-century Daoist text, records the story of Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi, scholars renowned for their devotion to each other. Bo Ya, an accomplished player of the qin, a type of zither, would frequently play for his friend Zhong, himself a musician who truly appreciated his friend’s music. (Met Museum)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Qin [3684]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5098