Scenes from the song of everlasting sorrow

Unknown (Japanese)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1624-1630

Height:

152.6 cm  (60 1/16 in.)

Width:

326.4 cm  (128 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

ink, color and gold on paper

Place of creation:

Kyōto (Nihon)

School:

Edo period

Additional titles

Description

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, this work includes, in its two final panels, a scene of three musicians probably playing a ryūteki (龍笛), a shō (笙), and a gong. Early Edo period.

Iconclass

48CC753
more than one musician with instrument - CC - 'concert champêtre'

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Ryuteki [4042]
Sho [4159]
Gong [2820] (mounted on an elaborate stand; with beater)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Edo period, 1615-1868.
Scenes depicted in this screen appear to reference a long narrative poem by Chinese poet Bai Juyi (772-846).

RIdIM record id

5769