| schema:description 9 | "type: Painting" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Two Men Observing a Waterfall, 1500-1525. Soami (Japanese, d. 1525). Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; image: 29 x 30.1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); overall: 113 x 47.6 cm (44 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.30...(more)" |
| schema:description | "technique: hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper" |
| schema:description | "collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: The Japanese first appreciated the waterfall as a religious motif in the Kamakura period painting of Nachi waterfall. Later, during the Muromachi period, the literati theme of Gazing at the Waterfall, as inspired by Li Bai’s 6th-century poem, gained popularity among Zen monks who composed Chinese-style poetry called <em>Gozan Bungaku</em> (Five Mountains literature). A Rinzai school monk-poet, Keijo Shurin (1440–1518) identified Li’s poem as the inspiration for Geiami’s 15th-century painting<em> Gazing at Waterfall</em> (Nezu Museum), which features very sharp brushstrokes and bright colors. In contrast, Geiami’s son Soami followed the Chinese Southern Song style more faithfully in this small painting....(more)" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Image: 29 x 30.1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Overall: 113 x 47.6 cm (44 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund" |
| schema:description | "id: 149097" |
