Japanese Quest for a New Vision: The Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600-1900

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Japanese Quest for a New Vision: The Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600-1900
Japanese Quest for a New Vision: The Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600-1900
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

By the seventeenth century, China had already developed a rich heritage of scholar painting, with special techniques, styles, and theoretical background already established. Yet it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that Japanese artists took up the literati tradition, which was given the name Nanga (southern painting). This exhibition of 52 works, mostly hanging scrolls, by visiting Chinese artists and the Japanese artists who were influenced by the literati style, includes Mount T'ien-t'ai, a dated scroll by the Chinese merchant I Fu-chiu. All the works in the show are gifts to the Spencer Museum from the Mitchell Hutchinson Collection. A catalogue of the exhibition edited by Stephen Addiss will be published by the Spencer Museum.

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Works of art

Chen Yuanyun (1587–1671), Mountains and Waterfall
Chen Yuanyun (1587–1671)
1587–1671
Yi Fujiu (1698–after 1747), Quiet Hamlet
early 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Yi Fujiu (1698–after 1747), Landscape after Huang Gongwang and Dong Qichang
early 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Yi Fujiu (1698–after 1747), Mount Tiantai
1742, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Thatched Hut on a River
mid 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Noro Kaiseki (1747–1828), Secluded Hermitage, after I Fu-chiu
Noro Kaiseki (1747–1828)
late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kameda Bōsai (1752–1826), Mountains in my Heart
late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Takaku Aigai (1796–1843); Yi Fujiu (1698–after 1747), Yellow Leaves and Red Trees
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Shen Quan (circa 1682–1760), Ducks in an Autumn Scene
Shen Quan (circa 1682–1760)
1725–1760, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Dapeng (1691–1774), Bamboo
Dapeng (1691–1774)
1700s
Fang Ji, Autumn Magpies
Fang Ji
1700s
Noguchi Yūkoku (1827–1898), Mallows, Chrysanthemums and Rock
Noguchi Yūkoku (1827–1898)
1871, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Tsubaki Chinzan (1801–1854), Birds Amid Cherry Blossoms
1828, Edo period (1600–1868)
Taki Katei (1830–1901), Shimmering Carp
Taki Katei (1830–1901)
1879, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Sugai Baikan (1784–1844), Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain
Sugai Baikan (1784–1844)
1829, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kinoshita Itsuun (1799–1866), Kingfisher and Frog
Kinoshita Itsuun (1799–1866)
1859, Edo period (1600–1868)
Nakayama Kōyō (1717–1780), Living by a Secluded Cliff
Nakayama Kōyō (1717–1780)
mid 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kushiro Unsen (1759–1811), River Hermitage in Autumn Mists
Kushiro Unsen (1759–1811)
late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)