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Iwasa Matabei

9 works

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Ink landscape with misty mountains, a rocky cliff, pine trees, a small boat and buildings among pines.

Coastal Landscape

1573-1615

Hanging scroll of four court figures on a veranda beside a pine tree: one plays a zither, two play go, one writes.

The Four Accomplishments

c. 1620-50

Seated poet in a blue gold-patterned robe holding a fan, with handwritten poems in black ink on pale paper.

The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

early 17th century

Painting of a monkey in a striped kimono dancing with a fan while a trainer holds its rope and two women watch.

Monkey trainer and monkey performing a dance

1700

Painting of three Japanese figures on tan ground: a kneeling man, a dancer scattering paper, and a seated boy with a fan.

Boy performing a Narihira Dance

1700

Ink drawings of two figures, one in a conical straw hat and one in flowing robes, beside Japanese brush calligraphy on paper.

Pictures with Letters

17th century

Hanging scroll of a seated nobleman on a veranda, a woman above, and armored warriors with horses beside a pine.

“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

ca. 1640

Pair of hanging scrolls with misty mountains, pines, a sailboat on water, and a moon over a cliff pavilion.

Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang

ca. 1640s

Seated monk in patterned brown robes gazing upward, holding prayer beads, with calligraphy beside him on a hanging scroll.

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

1620s-1630s

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