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Early Modern Painting

Important Cultural Property

Eight Drinking Hermits

by Kaiho Yusho

Japan, Momoyama Period, dated 1602
Six-fold screen; ink on paper
H. 148.0 cm, W. 358.0 cm
Kyoto National Museum (AK263)

The title of this painting was taken from the poem "Eight Drinking Hermits" by Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu. Eight Drinking Hermits is a motif commonly used by Japanese artists. This painting of four hermits was originally one of a pair of screens; each depicting four hermits. According to the inscription, the screen was completed on 3 October 1602, at the request of Lord Kamei Korenori of Shikano, Inaba Province (today's Tottori Prefecture). It is one of the few representative masterpieces of Kano Yusho (1533-1615).

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