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Title: Flowers and poems
Creator: Kameda, Bōsai, 1752-1826, Japanese
Magata, Dairei, fl. c. 1840, Japanese
Yamamoto, Suiun, fl. c. 1840, Japanese
Yoda, Chikkoku, 1790-1843, Japanese
Ōkubo, Shibutsu, 1767-1838, Japanese
Yamamoto, Shōtō, 1757-1831 or 1832, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Signed "Bōsai" at upper right followed by seal "Bōsai." Inscription reads "Same species, different flowers, both called k'uei; The central element, earth, produced their memorable color. Richly flourishing, they open in the midst of summer's hot wind; Are they willing that the mountain recluse named Li should follow? -Bosai" The immortal in charge of documents in the Jade Emperor’s outer court/ Has been banished to the world of men-how many years have passed?/ Wishing to memorialize the Flower King on matters close to his heart,/ With purple brush he leisurely inscribes this paper of tinted clouds. - Old man Shibutsu (translated by Stephen Addiss)
Acquisition: Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Betty and Bruce Alberts.
Citation/Reference: Reproduced in Stephen Addiss, The World of Kameda Bōsai: The Calligraphy, Poetry, Painting and Artistic Circle of a Japanese Literatus. New Orleans Museum of Art & University Press of Kansas: New Orleans, 1984.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Depth and Diversification: New Acquisitions from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture Permanent Collection" Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, Sept. 7-Nov. 13, 2004.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 scroll painting; 99 x 33 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2vm7w
2002.116
AS 043
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Flowers
Poetry
flowers (plants)
Japanese poetry
visual poetry
Time Period: Late Edo, Nanga

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