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Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)

Bunsei (Muncheong)

1704

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Baroque Ming Painting 18th Century Landscape

Dominant colour

Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity) is a 1704 unspecified by Bunsei (Muncheong), a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Bunsei (Muncheong)
When & what style?: 1704 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see a single hanging scroll with a simple ink painting of bamboo. The bamboo stems sway gently, their leaves done in quick, light strokes. It looks like a quiet moment caught in ink. This small scroll copies older Zen works from Japan’s 1400s. Those originals often had poems above the painting. Here, only a short preface remains. Try looking up The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The story of this work

Overview

Hanging scrolls with assorted poems above and ink paintings below produced within Japan's Zen monastic community during the 1400s and 1500s are called poem-painting scrolls (shigajiku). This small painting was created much later in emulation of such works. While the original works often have a preface followed by poems by different monks, this composition has only a preface.

Read the full account in the museum source.