Chao Kan:
Travellers along the River in the First Snow
Chao Kan (tenth century), a native of Chiang-ning (Nanking) was a talented landscape painter. He became a student of the Imperial Painting Academy under Emperor Li Yu of the kingdom of Southern T'ang, and was active as a court painter. This work, portraying the riverside area of the Chiang-nan (south of the Yangtze) region in early winter, depicts the fluttering snow in Chinese white throughout the scroll and detailed human figures that are uniquely expressive.

P41 Chao Kan: Travellers along the River in the First Snow Five dynasties period handscroll/ink and light color on silk handscroll : 27.2 x 504.0cm (including postscript) 66,000yen