Strange Sights Within the Sea

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Strange Sights Within the Sea

Ōkubo ShibutsuLinkedCulture matchlcp-781bca549c7d

Date
1832
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
118180

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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 Asia

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Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture

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