Cleveland Museum of Art

Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai

Tani Bunchō

Date

late 1700s–1800s

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shundai (1680–1747) was a noted Confucian scholar and writer. Brought up with a strongly Confucian family background, Bunchō’s veneration for Shundai is understandable. The inscription is by Nozawa Hikoroku, a scholar and poet contemporary with Bunchō.

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