The Burke Collection
Eight Daoist Immortals of China (八仙人)
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Artist

Gion Nankai

(祇園南海; 1677–1751)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

107.9 x 41.4 cm (42 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

D307-1
D307-1

Text

Colophon by Nankai, quoted from a poem by Tō Kōkei [Ch. Tao Hongjing, 陶弘景; 456–536]

What’s there in the mountains? / Plenty of white clouds over the peaks.

Signature

Painted by Gen’yu

Seals

Gen’yu no in; Nankai