Emperor Minghuang teaching Yang Gueifei to play the flute

Choryusai (active late 15th century- early 16th century)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

late 1400s- early 1500s

Height:

91.0 cm  (35 13/16 in.)

Width:

45.2 cm  (17 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

ink and color on paper

Place of creation:

Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

Description

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. In this scene the emperor is behind the woman playing a di while another man dances.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Di [3919]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5155