Resshi Flying on a Cloud, 伝狩野之信 列子御風図扇面, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 16th century, Japan, Fan mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper, 8 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (21 x 52 cm), Paintings, Kano Yukinobu (Japanese, ca. 1513–1575), Resshi (Chinese: Liezi), the legendary Daoist sage, rejected all worldly ties and flew away with the wind. Here, he disappears from the eyes of onlookers into the darkened sky. Modal albums and series of fan paintings were a common means by which Kano-school painters displayed and transmitted their knowledge of Song- and Yuan dynasty Chinese painting styles
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Resshi Flying, Cloud, 伝狩野之信 列子御風図扇面, Muromachi period, 1392–1573, 16th century, Japan, Fan mounted, hanging scroll, ink, paper, 8 1/4 x 20 1/2, 21 52 cm, Paintings, Kano Yukinobu, Japanese, ca., 1513–1575, Resshi, Chinese, Liezi, legendary Daoist sage, rejected, worldly ties, flew away, wind, disappears, eyes, onlookers, darkened sky, Modal albums, series, fan paintings, common means, Kano-school painters, displayed, transmitted, knowledge, Song, Yuan dynasty, painting, styles
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