The Chinese Emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, with attendants on a terrace
16th century
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 156.7 × 360.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-124989
Few works of Chinese literature have so enthralled the Japanese people as The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, a narrative poem by the Chinese poet Bo Juyi (772-846) of the Tang dynasty (618-907). The poem recounts the tragic story of Emperor Xuanzong (reigned 712-756), commonly known as Minghuang, whose excessive love for his beautiful concubine, Yang Guifei (circa 720-756), led to intrigue at court …
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 16th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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