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Gazing at a Waterfall
Gazing at a Waterfall
観瀑図
early 1500s
Sōami 相阿弥
(Japanese, d. 1525)
(1392–1573)
Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
Painting: 29 x 30.1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Mounted with knobs: 113 x 47.6 cm (44 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.30
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The setting of this painting is historical China, as evidenced by the clothing and hairstyles of the two people appreciating the waterfall.
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Chinese poet Li Bai’s (701–762) poem “Gazing at a Waterfall on Mount Lu” is about experiencing the vastness of the galaxy in relationship to one’s own being. Japanese Zen monk-poet Keijo Shūrin (1440–1518) identified Li’s poem as the inspiration for Japanese painter Geiami’s (1431–1485) work Gazing at a Waterfall, in the collection of the Nezu Museum, which features sharp brushstrokes and bright colors. In contrast, this album leaf’s painter, Geiami’s son Sōami, took a more delicate approach to the theme. The waterfall and the pair watching it frame the mist rising from the water at the center of the image.
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