Harvard Art Museums > 1981.36.1: Landscapes of Taiping Prefecture ('Taiping shanshui tu') Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscapes of Taiping Prefecture ('Taiping shanshui tu') (Xiao Yuncong 蕭雲從) , 1981.36.1,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/201854. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1981.36.1 People Xiao Yuncong 蕭雲從, Chinese (1596 - 1674) Title Landscapes of Taiping Prefecture ('Taiping shanshui tu') Other Titles Alternate Title: T'ai p'ing shan shui t'u Classification Prints Work Type album Date 1648 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/201854 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodblock-printed book with illustrations mounted as an accordion-fold album; ink on paper Dimensions each printed page: H. 24.3 x W. 31.1 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/4 in.) each album page, with mounting: H. 26.4 x W. 32.7 cm (10 3/8 x 12 7/8 in.) album closed: H. 26.4 x W. 32.7 x D. 6.4 cm (10 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Transmission in Japan: Gion Nankai (1677-1751) [Ikeno Taiga (1723-1776)] Kimura Kenkadô (1736-1802) [Kikuchi Gozan (1772-1855)] Yamaguchi Jinroku (active ca. 1863) [Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863)] Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924) Murata Kôkoku (1831-1912) [Tani Tetsuomi (1822-1905)] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift through the generosity of Philip Hofer and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 1981 Object Number 1981.36.1 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This important collection of woodblock-printed landscapes originally reproduced forty-three compositions (of which thirty-nine remain) designed by Xiao Yuncong [Hsiao Yün-ts'ung], a Ming loyalist painter from Anhui province. Opening with a panorama of Taiping prefecture (in central Anhui) the album continues with views of scenic spots in its three districts: fifteen views from Dangtu, fourteen from Wuhu, and thirteen from Fanchang. Xiao inscribed each scene with a poem by a famous poet and noted which ancient master's style he used to depict it. The printing process rendered his techniques flat and schematic, increasing the archaic flavor of the landscapes. This copy of the work circulated among Japanese Nanga painters of the eighteenth century, offering models of landscape that greatly influenced the development of that school. Publication History Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 33, p. 36 Jonathan Chaves, The Chinese Painter as Poet, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, NY, 2000), pp. 98-102; p. 137, cat. no. 32 T. June Li and Suzanne E. Wright, Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, exh. cat., The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, 2016), pp. 100-101, cat. no. 18 Exhibition History Garden, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints, The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, 09/17/2016 - 01/09/2017 Related Media Book view of Landscapes of Taiping Prefecture Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
