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

1640

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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.

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岡本半助筆　『三体詩』　三首
Title: Three Poems from Poetry in the Three Styles (Santai shi)
Artist: Okamoto Hansuke (Mumei) (Japanese, 1575–1657)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1640
Culture: Japan
Medium: Handscroll: ink on paper decorated in color
Dimensions: Image: 12 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 3 7/8 in. (30.8 × 345.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 12 7/8 in. × 11 ft. 10 1/8 in. (32.7 × 361 cm)
Image (Front page): 12 1/8 × 7 1/4 in. (30.8 × 18.4 cm)
Image (Sheet 1): 12 1/8 × 32 5/16 in. (30.8 × 82 cm)
Image (Sheet 2): 12 1/8 × 35 1/16 in. (30.8 × 89 cm)
Image (Sheet 3): 12 1/8 × 35 1/8 in. (30.8 × 89.2 cm)
Image (Sheet 4): 12 1/8 × 34 1/2 in. (30.8 × 87.6 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2023
Object Number: 2023.583.10
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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