Landscapes with the Chinese Literati Su Shi and Tao Qian, 山水唐人物図屏風, Edo period (1615–1868), 1795–99, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on gold leaf on paper, Image (each screen): 67 3/8 in. x 12 ft. 2 3/4 in. (171.1 x 372.7 cm), Screens, Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799), The forbidding, grotto-pierced precipice at left suggests a site on the Yangzi River where the Chinese poet Su Shi (Dongpo, 1037–1101) composed his famous “Ode on the Red Cliff.” The gentler scene at the right, centering on a scholar with young attendants in a hut within a willow grove, is meant to depict the Chinese poet-recluse Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming, 365–472) in his country retreat
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Landscapes, Chinese Literati, Su Shi, Tao Qian, 山水唐人物図屏風, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1795–99, Japan, Pair, six-panel folding screens, ink, gold leaf, paper, Image, screen, 67 3/8, x 12 ft, 2 3/4, 171.1 x 372.7 cm, Screens, Nagasawa Rosetsu, Japanese, 1754–1799, forbidding, grotto-pierced precipice, left, site, Yangzi River, Chinese poet, Su, Shi, Dongpo, 1037–1101, composed, famous, Ode, Red Cliff., gentler scene, right, centering, scholar, young attendants, hut within, willow grove, meant, depict poet-recluse, Tao, Qian, Tao Yuanming, 365–472, country retreat
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