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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Matsumura Goshun inscribed passages from Buddhist monk Yoshida Kenkō’s (1283–1350) well-known collection of anecdotes, Essays in Idleness , across the top of each of the twelve panels of this pair of screens. Goshun illustrated the episodes with his vision of the figures who feature in them. The texts cascade down from right to left, forming unique compositional relationships with the images below.
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Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674) — Seven Sages of the Bambo
Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674) — Four Elders of Mt. Shang
Painting of One Hundred Themes
Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592) — The Four Accomplishments
Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) — The Eight Immortals of 
Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen)
Festival Scenes
Kō Sūkoku (Japanese, 1730–1804) — Spring and Autumn Farming 
Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674) — Seven Sages of the Bambo
Scenes from the Tale of Genji
Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪|Shishin Sōgin 指津宗琅 — 書画押絵貼屏風|Miscellan
Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) — The Eight Immortals of 
