Object Details
Artist
Shiokawa Bunrin
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink and colors on silk
Dimensions
Image: 44 7/8 x 18 5/8 inches (114 x 47.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland
Object
Number
96.022.005
This painting displays Bunrin’s interest in combining the visual realism of the Shijo school with bu(…)
This painting displays Bunrin’s interest in combining the visual realism of the Shijo school with bunjinga (literati) subject matter: the fifth-century Chinese poet Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming was upheld as a model of the eremitic lifestyle of a Confucian scholar who refused to serve a corrupt government. After quitting officialdom, Tao lived a carefree-life writing poetry and enjoying wine. He is sometimes called the Master of the Five Willows, after the willow trees he planted near his house.
