Artist
Tani Bunchō
(谷文晁; 1763–1840)
Catalogue information
Edo period, 1828
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
133 x 70.9 cm (52 3/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 374 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
Ri Taihaku
[Ch. Li Taibai] with Ga Chishō
[Ch. He Zhizhangh], Ri Tekishi
[Ch. Li Shizi],
Ō Shin
[Ch. Wang Jin], Sai Sōshi
[Ch. Cui Zongzhi],
So Kyo
[Ch. Su Ju], Chō Kyoku
[Ch. Zhang Xu], and Shō Sui
[Ch. Jiao Sui] are collectively known as the Eight Immortals in the World of Wine.
Signature
Painted by Bunchō in December 1828
Seal
Bunchō ga in
Supplementary Transcriptions
Text
李太白與賀知章﹑李適子﹑王璡﹑崔宗之﹑蘇巨﹑張旭﹑焦煫為飲中八僊。1
Signature
文政十一年戊子十二月文晁畫。
Seal
文晁畫印 (朱文長方印) (relief, rectangle)
Notes
1. These eight wine-lovers are the subject of Du Fu’s (712-770) 杜甫poem entitled “Song on the Eight Immortals in the World of Wine” (飲中八仙歌). The group is also mentioned in Li Bai’s biography in Ouyang Xiu歐陽修, New History of the Tang Dynasty (新唐書), chapter 202. Wenyuan Ge Siku Quanshu neilianwang digital ed. (Hong Kong: Dizhi wenhua chuban youxian gongxi, 2005), http://skqs.nlic.net.cn:8000/scripts/skinet, n.p.