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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

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Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Zhong Kui with Demons

Period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Culture:
China
Medium:
Carved bamboo
Dimensions:
H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification:
Bamboo
Credit Line:
Purchase, Gift of Elizabeth V. Cockcroft, Bequest of Florance Waterbury, in memory of her father, John I. Waterbury, and Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, by exchange, 2008
Accession Number:
2008.636

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  • Description

    The theme of Zhong Kui quelling demons was first recorded by Shen Gua (1031–1091), who relates that the Tang-dynasty emperor Minghuang (r. 712–56) was purportedly cured of an illness after dreaming about a large ghost— Zhong Kui—eating demons. In the dream, Zhong Kui told the emperor that he wanted to serve him by eliminating demons. Ever since, he has been venerated as a protector against evil. In this complicated group of figures, which is carefully fitted into the natural shape of the bamboo, he is shown seated on the back of a recumbent demon, while another offers him a cup of wine.

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