Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang

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Artist: Iwasa Matabei (Iwasa Matabē) 岩佐又兵衛 (Japanese, 1578–1650)
Date: ca. 1640s
Medium: Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (each): 36 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (92.4 × 28.9 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 69 1/2 × 16 1/4 in. (176.5 × 41.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022
Accession no.: 2022.432.12a, b

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“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)
Iwasa Matabei (Katsumochi)
ca. 1640 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016498
Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals
Iwasa Matabei (Katsumochi)
1620s–1630s · Painting
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016553

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.