Image
Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉
Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take), Edo Period
Description
Title
Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Sheet: 27 x 38.6 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription at top.
[text and poems]
Chinese inscription of two lines of a poem by Du Fu:
Rain purifies the bamboo; wind diffuses its delicate fragrance
Calligraphy by Tonan
See notes by Deborah Del Gais in cat. file regarding the poem.
Signature: Keisai (Eisen)
Seals: Artist's seal | Eisen in;Censor's seal | kiwame
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.521
About
Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take)
Inscription at top.
[text and poems]
Chinese inscription of two lines of a poem by Du Fu:
Rain purifies the bamboo; wind diffuses its delicate fragrance
Calligraphy by Tonan
See notes by Deborah Del Gais in cat. file regarding the poem.
Signature: Keisai (Eisen)
Seals: Artist's seal | Eisen in;Censor's seal | kiwame
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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