Artwork Info: Bean Vine - chinese poetic influence

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Discover Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800), a revolutionary Japanese painter of the Edo period. Celebrated for his vibrant bird & flower paintings, unique perspectives, and Zen Buddhist influences, he's an 'eccentric' master who reshaped Japanese art.

Itō Jakuchū, son of a greengrocer, used vegetables and plants as a personal iconography that almost always included a moral or religious meaning. This handsome sketch of a bean plant, paired with a poem by Ōbaku Zen monk Musen Jōzen (Tangai), refers to a story about the Chinese poet Cao Zhi (192–232), whose tyrannical brother, Cao Pei (Emperor Wen), once commanded him to compose a poem before he took seven steps, threatening him with execution if he failed. Tangai’s verse makes an erudite reference to Cao Zhi’s original poem comparing himself and his brother to the parts of a bean plant, while also alluding to the Zen philosophy of nonduality. The green vine puts forth blossoms, and its pods are like half-formed swords. The bean and stalk are inseparable; both were born from the same roots. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

About this artwork

Title: Bean Vine
Artist: Itō Jakuchū
Year: 701
Original dimensions: 126.0cm x 48.0cm
Format: Portrait
Copyright status: Public domain
Movement: Japanese Traditional
Creative period: Mature Period
Color palette: Neutrals
Keywords: east asian art , bean vine artwork , 18th century art

Bean Vine

Itō Jakuchū (1716 – 1800)

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Bean Vine

Itō Jakuchū (1716 – 1800)

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