Minneapolis Institute of Art
Old Trees
Calligrapher: Kameda BōsaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-ea9db4c410d5
- Date
- late 18th–early 19th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 118749
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Bōsai was the friend of Daigu Ryōkan, a Zen Buddhist monk and poet, whose calligraphy is also admired, and may be the ‘mountain hermit’ referenced in the poem. Old trees are imbued with the face of spring; Cold waterfalls arouse mysterious reverberations. I am thinking of a mountain hermit Who can appreciate the wind and dew without restraint. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of Stephen Addiss and Audrey Yoshiko Seo
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