Artist
Tesshū Tokusai
(鉄舟徳済; d. 1366)
Catalogue information
Nanbokuchō period
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
72.2 x 37 cm (28 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Fukuoka Kōtei
Literature
Nakamura Tanio 1973, pp. 65–66
; 1973
“Tesshū Tokusai hitsu Ranchikuseki zu” (“Orchids, Bamboos, and Stones,” by Tesshū Tokusai). Kobijutsu, no. 40 (March): 69–71.
Tanaka Ichimatsu 1974, pl. 16
; 1974
Kaō, Mokuan, Minchō. Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 5. Tokyo: Kōdansha.
Murase 1975, no. 27
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shimada Shūjirō 1979, p. 113
; 1979
[Editor]. Suibokuga (Ink painting). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 3. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.
Ford 1985, fig. 4
; Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 12
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 31
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 2000, no. 44
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 34.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Nanbokuchō period
- Works by Tesshū Tokusai
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 122 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
by Tesshū Tokusai (d. 1366)
The Chu River runs a hundred thousand miles. / I think of you every now and then after our parting. / I wonder under the aloof orchids / how the two comparable to the national fragrance are faring.
Signature
An inscription for my own painting.
Seal
Tesshū
Supplementary Transcriptions
Text
Signature
自題。
Seal
鐵舟（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
Notes
1. The Chu River is an alternative name for the Yangzi River.
2. “National fragrance” is a byname of orchid.