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Details
- Other Title
- Poem and Illustration
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 17th century
- Media categories
- Scroll , Calligraphy
- Materials used
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 52.0 cm image; 109.0 x 53.7 x 59.4 cm scroll
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., in Japanese [inscribed in ink] "Ryûho [artist's seal]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through Professor Toru Mori 1963
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- EP1.1963
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Hinaya Ryūho
Works in the collection
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About
The poem reads: Inexhaustible is / The water of chrysanthemums / From the heavenly Chrysanthemum River.
It praises sake (Japanese rice wine) as a drink of immortality by likening it to the chrysanthemum dews, by drinking which Kikujidô [Chrysanthemum boy], a legendary figure, obtained eternal youth. Shôjô is also a mythical creature that loves sake and is synonymous with a heavy drinker. There is a nô play called Shôjô, in which the creature becomes drunk and begins to dance.Legend has it that Kikujidô was a servant boy to the emperor Mu of the Zhou dynasty. He was sent in exile to Li County of Nanyang Prefecture [present day Henan Province] where he became immortal by drinking the water of the Chrysanthemum River. It was believed that the river water contained the dew from chrysanthemums growing along its upper stream and very sweet, and that one who drank it gained a long life.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Art of the brush, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Sep 1995–12 Nov 1995
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies, Art of the Brush - Chinese & Japanese painting calligraphy, Sydney, 1995, 19.
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Provenance
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pre 1963, Tokyo/Japan, donated by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1963.