竹林七聖図, Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 1550s, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 40 5/16 × 20 3/8 in. (102.4 × 51.7 cm), Paintings, Sesson Shūkei (ca. 1504–ca. 1589), During the turbulent years of the beginning of the Western Jin dynasty (265–317), a group of seven literati secluded themselves in a bamboo grove outside the capital. They drank wine, engaged in a witty, “pure” Daoist discourse called qingtan, and, judging from this exuberant portrayal by Sesson Shūkei, played music and sang and danced wildly in the company of equally ebullient women and children
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竹林七聖図, Seven Sages, Bamboo Grove, Muromachi period, 1392–1573, 1550s, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, Image, 40 5/16, 20 3/8, 102.4, 51.7 cm, Paintings, Sesson Shūkei, ca., 1504–ca., 1589, turbulent years, Western Jin dynasty, 265–317, group, seven literati, secluded, themselves, bamboo grove, outside, capital, drank wine, engaged, witty, pure, Daoist, discourse, qingtan, judging, exuberant portrayal, played music, sang, danced wildly, company, equally ebullient, women, children
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