Lin Hejing Searching for Plum Blossoms, late 16th century
Kano Gyokurakuexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.33
Not on Viewexpand_more
The subject of this painting is the poet Lin Hejing, who lived in China during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) and whose poetic works were known widely in Japan. He is seen walking below a plum tree and staring into the distance as a young attendant draws up behind him, carrying the branch of a plum tree collected earlier. Lin Hejing was renowned for his love of the plum tree, a first sign of spring that oftentimes blossoms when snow is still falling.
Kano Gyokuraku was affiliated with the preeminent Kano house of painters, whose artists dominated the Japanese painting scene for centuries beginning in the late 1500s. Although the Kano house was headquartered in Kyoto, the capital city, when Gyokuraku was active he led a regional branch of the house that was situated in Odawara, a castle town in eastern Japan.
Details
- Title
- Lin Hejing Searching for Plum Blossoms
- Artist Life
- late 16th century
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.33
- Curator Approved
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