Shōrinji Temple, Edo period (1615–1868), 1817, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 70 1/8 x 35 5/8 in. (178.1 x 90.5 cm), Paintings, Okada Beisanjin (Japanese, 1744–1820), By fancifully reinterpreting this Zen temple near Osaka as a Chinese retreat, Beisanjin cleverly reveals the heart and soul of the site, particularly its cultural heritage. A rice merchant in Osaka known for his love of learning, Beisanjin was an amateur painter whose quick flashes of insight were deeply admired by both his contemporaries and later literati artists
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Shōrinji Temple, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1817, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, Image, 70 1/8 x 35 5/8, 178.1 90.5 cm, Paintings, Okada Beisanjin, Japanese, 1744–1820, fancifully, reinterpreting, Zen temple, Osaka, Chinese retreat, Beisanjin cleverly, reveals, heart, soul, site, particularly, cultural heritage, rice merchant, love, learning, Beisanjin, amateur painter, quick flashes, insight, deeply admired, contemporaries, later literati, artists
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