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Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)

ca. 1783 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Changing the lofty temple bell to a tiny wind chime, the poem printed in the cloud cartouche keeps the light mood of Masanobu's print, one of a series of "Eight Parlor Views," a fashionable pastiche of the traditional "Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers" theme: uzushisa wo nokiha ni tsuzuru fuurin wa tamoto ni kaze wo irimetsu no kane Ringing in the cool beneath the eaves the bell of the wind chime has the wind in its sleeves.

Artist

Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)

Date

ca. 1783

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914