Minneapolis Institute of Art

Old Trees

Calligrapher: Kameda Bōsai

Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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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