Lecture: Legacy and Lunacy—Soga Shōhaku’s Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forest

Long characterized as an “eccentric” artist working beyond the boundaries of the conventions of his time, Japanese painter Soga Shōhaku (1730–81) reshaped orthodox painting models into the unique style seen in Mount Fuji and the Miho Pine Forest, a pair of folding screens recently acquired by the Art Institute. The piece represents one of the most outstanding examples of Shōhaku’s work in the United States.

Hear from Kit Brooks, curator of Asian Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, for a talk exploring what these screens can tell us about the painter’s unconventional artistic background and distinct legacy.