The Burke Collection
Orchids, Bamboo, Brambles, and Rocks
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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
Nakamura Tanio
1973
“Tesshū Tokusai hitsu Ranchikuseki zu” (“Orchids, Bamboos, and Stones,” by Tesshū Tokusai). Kobijutsu, no. 40 (March): 69–71.

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Tanaka Ichimatsu 1974, pl. 16
Tanaka Ichimatsu
1974
Kaō, Mokuan, Minchō. Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 5. Tokyo: Kōdansha.

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Murase 1975, no. 27
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Shimada Shūjirō 1979, p. 113
Shimada Shūjirō
1979
[Editor]. Suibokuga (Ink painting). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 3. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.

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Ford 1985, fig. 4
Ford, Barbara Brennan
1985
“Muromachi Ink Painting.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 114–19.

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Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 12
Tokyo National Museum
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.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 31
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Murase 2000, no. 44
Murase, Miyeko
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 34.
Tsuji Nobuo et al.
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.

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Additional details

D122-1
D122-1

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

楚江十萬里﹐1
一別所思多。
為問幽蘭下﹐
國香二若何。2

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.