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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 19th century
- Media categories
- Scroll , Calligraphy
- Materials used
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 131.0 x 46.0 cm image; 215.0 x 62.0 x 69.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed u.r., in Japanese, black ink "[Japanese characters]". Not dated.
Signed u.r., in Japanese, red ink "[3 x artist's seals]". Not dated.- Credit
- Gift of Klaus Naumann 1998
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 280.1998
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Ichikawa Beian
Works in the collection
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About
The son of a government-employed calligrapher, Beian excelled in the 'scribe's style' and 'square style' of calligraphy. He is said to have possessed over 5000 examples of Chinese painting and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing periods. The Chinese poem is by a Song dynasty poet called Zhang Ci. It can be translated as:
'The scent of happiness fills the pavilion;
Spring shows itself in a grove of pine trees and bamboo'The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.238.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Edo Painting Schools', Sydney, 2003, 238 (colour illus.).
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Poems and Calligraphy - Japanese ways of artistic refinement, Tokyo, 1993. cat.no. 232
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Provenance
Klaus Naumann, Aug 1998, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, June 1998.