Picture Book: Thousand-Year Mountain? (Ehon Chitoseyama? 絵本千年山?

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nishikawa Sukenobu was one of Kyoto's most productive ukiyo-e artists. He studied under the painter Kano Einō (1631–1697), then Tosa Mitsusuke (1675–1710), and finally turned to ukiyo-e. His illustrated books were well received by elite readers and artists in Edo. The three-volume book Ehon Chitose-yama illustrates contemporary genre scenes with a short educational text and a poem over each double-page spread; the final volume is shown here.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art