The Tale of Taishokan

1640-80 · Japan

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper

Art Institute of Chicago · Paintings · CC0 · Restricted gift of Charles C. Haffner III and Muriel Kallis Newman; Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and Walter E. Heller…

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