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Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
Choryusai (Japanese)late 1400s-early 1500s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Emperor Minghuang Teaching Yang Gueifei to Play the Flute
- Creator: Choryusai (Japanese)
- Date Created: late 1400s-early 1500s
- Physical 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.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.36
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1987.36
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