Quiet Hamlet, Yi Fujiu

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Yi Fujiu, Quiet Hamlet
early 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1698–after 1747
Quiet Hamlet, early 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Where object was made: China
Material/technique: paper; ink; color
Dimensions:
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 115.5 x 35.9 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 30.4 x 34.2 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 45 1/2 x 14 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hutchinson
Accession number: 1989.0104
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Images of the Journey," Jun-2005, Hillary Pedersen Yi Fujiu (Japanese: I Fukyu-) was a native of Suzhou, a southeastern Chinese city famous for its canals, gardens, and literati culture. A ship owner and merchant, Yi made a series of trading voyages to Nagasaki between 1720 and 1747. In his landscapes, Yi Fujiu emulated the “bland” and restrained poetic spirit of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) scholar-painters, thereby offering Japanese artists and intellectuals a model of Chinese literati style. His works were greatly admired in Japan and influenced generations of Japanese literati artists throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. With its careful brushwork and delicate coloring, Quiet Hamlet is representative of early Qing works in the manner of the Yuan-dynasty master Ni Zan (1301-74). Archive: A native of Suzhou, Yi Fujiu (Japanese: I Fukyu) was a merchant and ship owner who conducted an export business with Japanese in Nagasaki from 1720-1747. A self-educated literatus, he excelled in painting, poetry and calligraphy. Quiet Hamlet is composed much like early Qing dynasty versions of the Yuan dynasty master Ni Zan's landscape with careful brushwork and delicate coloring. Yi Fujiu's works were greatly admired by Japanese literati painters, who were eager for direct contact with the mainland.

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Addiss, Stephen, ed. Japanese Quest for a New Vision: the Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600 to 1900. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1986.

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas. The Register of the Spencer Museum of Art 6, no. 7, 1990 (1991):