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Quiet Residence in an Autumn Valley
Painting by Tani Bunchō Japanese
Inscription by Kameda Bōsai Japanese
In this painting by Tani Bunchō evoking the style of the Zhe school of China’s Ming dynasty (1368–1644), a scholar retreats to a thatched sanctuary on rustic grounds. The open gate invites viewers into a realm of tranquility and introspection. At upper left, Bunchō’s friend Kameda Bōsai inscribed a poem in his distinctive, almost illegible cursive script, describing the soundscape of the idyllic world shown in the painting:
繞屋鳴泉触石碓 茶鐺声沸和松風
清音不是塵寰響 渾入山人笑話中
Around the house, the gurgling spring
caresses the stone mortar,
While the hum of the tea kettle
blends with the sound of the pines.
This pure tone differs
from the noise of the dusty world,
And melds with the jovial banter
of hermits on the mountain.
—Trans. Tim T. Zhang
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