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Temple Artisans at Work

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職人尽図押絵貼屏風（松花堂昭乗書）
Shokunin zukushi oshiebari byōbu

Artist Kanō Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650)

Artist Shōkadō Shōjō (Japanese, 1584 - 1639)

Dateca. 1633-1639

GeographyJapan

Mediumink and light color on paper

Dimensions65 3/8 x 134 1/2 in. (166 x 341.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Joseph Brotherton, in memory of Robert P. Griffing, Jr. (4892.1); Purchase, Marjorie Lewis Griffing Fund (4892.2), 1981 (4892.1)

Object number4892.1

DescriptionEach panel depicts a different occupation associated with temple life and maintenance. Right screen: (from right to left) 1) making wood veneer; 2) polishing a needle to finish it; 3) boiling ocean water for salt; 4) carrying charcoal (imported from Ohara, north of Kyoto); 5) binding a mat; 6) drilling holes in rosary beads. Left screen (right to left): 1) sguaring wood to prepare it for carving; 2) forging metal to make a machete; 3) a blind musician with helper carrying his biwa; 4) making a bow; 5) chiselling a Kannon; 6) preparing paper for handscrolls and album leafs.

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