The Burke Collection
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup (飲中八仙)
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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.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

D374-1
D374-1
D374-2

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.