Strange Sights Within the Sea, 1832
Ōkubo Shibutsuexpand_more
Ink on paperexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.976
On View in Gallery APSexpand_more
Brushed carefully in clerical script, each character fills its space, anchoring itself on the paper. Read Hainei qiguan in Chinese, the text likely refers to the title of a Chinese printed illustrated book of famous sites.
Published in 1609 by Yang Erzeng, the book attracted the attention of painters and calligraphers in Japan who were interested in Chinese culture.
Ōkubo studied and wrote kanshi, or poetry written using Chinese characters following Chinese compositional rules. He was well-connected to scholars of Confucianism and Chinese literature and may have encountered the publication through them.
海内竒觀
Strange sights within the sea
Details
- Title
- Strange Sights Within the Sea
- Artist Life
- 1767 - 1837
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.976
- Curator Approved
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