Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi)

Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 231

A revival of ancient brush-writing techniques flourished beginning in the seventeenth century and was known as the Daishi lineage. This handscroll, rendered by the samurai and master calligrapher Okamoto Hansuke, evokes the style of Monk Kūkai (774–835), who founded the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism. Hansuke selected poems about Buddhist and Daoist sanctuaries from Poetry in Three Styles, an anthology of poetry of the Tang dynasty (618–907) compiled in 1250.

Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan

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Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan
Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi), Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657), Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color, Japan

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